God saw what they had done, that they had turned away from their evil lives. He did change his mind about them. What he said he would do to them he didn't do.

This chapter gives an account of the renewal of Jonah's message to Nineveh, and of his faithful execution of it, Jon 3:1-4.

This time Jonah started off straight for Nineveh, obeying GOD's orders to the letter. Nineveh was a big city, very big—it took three days to walk.

Jonah entered the city, went one day's walk and preached, "In forty days Nineveh will be smashed." 5 The people of Nineveh listened, and trusted God.

This time Jonah started off straight for Nineveh, obeying GOD's orders to the letter. Nineveh was a big city, very big—it took three days to walk across it.

Jonah 3:4 Jonah entered the city, went one day's walk and preached, "In forty days Nineveh will be smashed."... Read verse in The Message Bible.

Jonah entered the city, went one day's walk and preached, “In forty days Nineveh will be smashed.” The people of Nineveh listened, and trusted God.

Jonah 3:3 MSG[3] This time Jonah started off straight for Nineveh, obeying God's orders to the letter.

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”.

(Read Jonah 3:1-4). God employs Jonah again in his service. His making use of us is an evidence of his being at peace with us. Jonah was not disobedient, ...