1-2. Next, God spoke to Jonah a second time: “Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! Preach to them. They’re in a bad way and I can’t ignore it any longer.”
3. 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.
4. 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. They proclaimed a citywide fast and dressed in burlap to show their repentance. Everyone did it—rich and poor, famous and obscure, leaders and followers.