7And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, (C)By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor (D)beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Sign up now for the latest news and deals from Bible Gateway! Probably there are few among us who would not have tried to decline such a mission. (p) Bibliothec. The excavation reports are in progress.[70]. Following the liberation of Mosul, the tunnels under Tell Nebi Yunus were explored in 2018, in which a 3000-year-old palace was discovered, including a pair of reliefs, each showing a row of women, along with reliefs of lamassu.[72]. She was a harlot, wicked in the extreme, and her punishments were merited because she was a mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms (v.4). The mound of Kuyunjiq was excavated again by the archaeologists of the British Museum, led by Leonard William King, at the beginning of the 20th century. This is something that the people of God need to be repeatedly reminded of, because it often goes against present appearances. Later, it was also found in the nearby Hamrin Basin, and in Luristan. Are you better than No Amon The story of Jonah and the whale may be familiar to many people who do not even read the Bible. He has had one hundred prisoners of war executed. 4). If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. Zeal for the people and, as he doubtless thought, for the glory of God, narrowed love in him. It was the Assyrian capital, known throughout the Bible for its great wickedness. We may request cookies to be set on your device. 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(, Genesis 10:11 attributes the founding of Nineveh to an, "The Seventy Wonders of the Ancient World" edited by Chris Scarre 1999 (Thames and Hudson), Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Mesopotamia: The Mighty Kings. [27], In 627, the city was the site of the Battle of Nineveh between the Eastern Roman Empire and the Sasanians. WebJonah 1:2 Context. Under the Sasanian Empire, Nineveh was not an administrative centre. During the Neo-Assyrian Empire, particularly from the time of Ashurnasirpal II (ruled 883859BC) onward, there was considerable architectural expansion. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. Regensburg], also arriving at Mosul (which he called the 'New Ninevah') and crossing the river, visited 'Old Ninevah', which he described as desolate and 'overthrown like Sodom' with the land black like pitch, without a blade of grass. By submitting your email address, you understand that you will receive email communications from Bible Gateway, a division of The Zondervan Corporation, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA, including commercial communications and messages from partners of Bible Gateway. b. Jonah would not You can also change some of your preferences. WebBecause of its wickedness, Nineveh was on Gods radar, big time. In about 616BC Kalhu was sacked, the allied forces eventually reached Nineveh, besieging and sacking the city in 612BC, following bitter house-to-house fighting, after which it was razed. Rasmussen summarized the lesson of Nahum in these words: The final poem (chapter3) opens with a prelude on the evils of the oppressive city, Nineveh. Jonah 3:3-4 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of Jehovah. The carving shows three men directing the operation while standing on the Colossus. I will cast abominable filth upon you, Your injury has no healing, For the South African criminal and resistance movement, see, The reconstructed Mashki Gate of Nineveh (, Rogation of the Ninevites (Nineveh's Wish). 
Our sermon is entitled, The Wickedness of Nineveh. The inscriptions boasted of his conquests: he wrote of Babylon: "Its inhabitants, young and old, I did not spare, and with their corpses I filled the streets of the city." 1 Howard F. Vos, Beginnings in Bible Archaeology (Chicago: Moody Press, 1978), p. 89. The Ninevites fasted and cried out to God for forgiveness and God issued a reprieve. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. He did not, like Moses, pray Exodus 32:32, "or else blot me also out of Thy book," or like Paul, desire even to be "an anathema from Christ" Romans 9:3 for his people's sake, so that there might be more to love his Lord. He was ready, at God's bidding, to enter what Nahum speaks of as a den of lions Nahum 2:11-12; "The dwelling of the lions and the feeding-place of the young lions, where the lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses." (1-4) The violence and immorality in Nineveh. Among them were the Sumerian flood story and the Epic of Gilgamesh. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! Who will bemoan her? The people of Nineveh were severely idolatrous and God had gotten to a point where He had enough of it. You also: We are like the Ninevites. The king sets his own palace on fire and dies inside together with all his concubines. Today, Nineveh's location is marked by two large mounds, Tell Kuyunjiq and Tell Nab Ynus "Prophet Jonah", and the remains of the city walls (about 12 kilometres (7mi) in circumference). If you have any questions, please review our Privacy Policy or email us at privacy@biblegateway.com. The word burden, which is used to render the Hebrew massa, may be taken to mean both a lifting up (of the voice), utterance, oracle and a heavy lot or fate (Oxford English Dictionary, s.v. However, he was aware of their cruel nature. Will clap their hands over you, It is all full of lies and robbery. But meanwhile, " every iniquity has its own voice at the hidden judgment seat of God." b. For Jonah relates afterward, how he expostulated now with God, and that his expostulation was founded on this, that God was so merciful that He would not fulfill the judgment which He threatened. [ab]I will show your nakedness to the nationsand your shame to the kingdoms.6I will pelt you with filth;[ac]I will treat you with contempt;I will make you a public spectacle.7Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust;they will say, Nineveh has been devastated!Who will lament for her?There will be no one to comfort you![ad]. New English Translation (NET). [contradictory], The city was actively resettled under the Seleucid Empire. Daniel: The John Walvoord Prophecy Commentary by Walvoord & Dyer. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! Secondly, as Keller stated, They contained the essential material for understanding the historical and intellectual background of Mesopotamia, its people, its kingdoms with their arts and crafts, cultures and religions. (Pick and choose from the many resources and options, which I have tried to make available for your devotional life.). Chapter nine of Herman Melvilles Moby Dick is a sermon and hymn about Jonah. WebHalleys Handbook places Jonahs visit to Nineveh (with a question mark), during the reign of Adad Nirai, who levied taxes from Israel, and who reigned from 808-783 BC. It is also contemporary with the Proto-Elamite period in Susa. There are also 3,000 metres (9,843ft) of stone Assyrian palace reliefs, that include pictorial records documenting every construction step including carving the statues and transporting them on a barge. The 1962 Italian peplum film War Gods of Babylon, is based on the sacking and fall of Nineveh by the combined rebel armies led by the Babylonians. Israel means to struggle with God. English Standard Version (ESV). [25] The library of Ashurbanipal may still have been in use until around the time of Alexander the Great. They also threatened to destroy artifacts. The goddess's statue was sent to Pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt in the 14th century BC, by orders of the king of Mitanni. In a few areas a thick later stratigraphy was encountered, but the late 7th century BC stratum was reached everywhere (actually in two areas in the pre-Sennacherib lower town the excavations already exposed older strata, up to the 11th century BC until now, aiming in the future at exploring the first settlement therein). WebTheir wickedness, as that of Nineveh, is a bold and open affront to God. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Which camp in the hedges on a cold day; From 1951 to 1958, Mohammed Ali Mustafa worked the site. After the Second World War, several excavations were carried out by Iraqi archaeologists. Draw your water for the siege! multiply yourself like the flying locust! i. "The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground:" and of Sodom Genesis 18:20 :21, "The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, because their sin is very grievous; the cry of it is come up unto Me." If you dont know anything about the Assyrians, do some research. [bg]15There the fire will consume[bh] you;the sword will cut you down;it will devour[bi] you like the young locust would. WebThe Book of Jonah tells of how God tried to convince a man named Jonah to travel to the city of Nineveh "and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me," Jonah 1:2. 
Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. Nineveh was an important junction for commercial routes crossing the Tigris on the great roadway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean, thus uniting the East and the West, it received wealth from many sources, so that it became one of the greatest of all the region's ancient cities,[10] and the last capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Today, there is little evidence of these old excavations other than weathered pits and earth piles. They are utterly consumed with terrors. get answers to your Bible questions from 50+ resources ($2,400+ value! If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. Some of the principal doorways were flanked by colossal stone lamassu door figures weighing up to 30,000 kilograms (30t); these were winged Mesopotamian lions[18] or bulls, with human heads. [a]She is full of lies;[b]she is filled with plunder;[c]she has hoarded her spoil![d]. We place an emphasis on WebThe People of Nineveh Repent. [57] In the Kuyunjiq mound, Layard rediscovered in 1849 the lost palace of Sennacherib with its 71 rooms and colossal bas-reliefs. 2022 TheEnduring WordBible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com. The sinful and rebellious leadership of Nineveh would be powerless against the judgment of God. Book of Genesis 10:11 says "Nimrod" or Ashur, depending on the version, built Nineveh. 6The word reached[a] the king of Nineveh, and (A)he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, (B)and sat in ashes. And the place where they are is not known. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. R. Campbell Thompson and R. W. Hamilton, "The British Museum excavations on the temple of Ishtar at Nineveh 193031". A statue of Herakles Epitrapezios dated to the 2nd century AD has also been found. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. When those orders were given, Jonah was to comply without hesitation or question. Nab Ynus is the Arabic for "Prophet Jonah". I appreciate finding you today and thankful youre keeping up to date. The English poet John Masefield's well-known, fanciful 1903 poem Cargoes mentions Nineveh in its first line. Deep sounding at Nineveh uncovered soil layers that have been dated to early in the era of the Hassuna archaeological culture. Assyria at the time of the fall of Nineveh included todays Iraq, North-Western Iran (Lake Urmia), South-Eastern Anatolia (Turkey) and North-Eastern Syria (Aram). The locust plunders and flies away. (F)Let everyone turn from his evil way and from (G)the violence that is in his hands. The Babylonian Chronicle Concerning the Fall of Nineveh records that Nineveh was "turned into mounds and heaps", but this is literary hyperbole. Its upper layers have been extensively excavated, and several Neo-Assyrian palaces and temples have been found there. Her lies, rape, and sorcery; her prey in thousands slain; her harlotry and witchcraft and the seduction of the nations all are told. Although devastated in 612, the city was not completely abandoned. Make strong the brick kiln! It shall come to pass that all who look upon you Where, he asked, is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions? (v.11). This area is defined as the plains which can support rain-fed agriculture. We must be willing to humble ourselves before God with fasting and prayer. WebNow Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. God is long-suffering with the oppressor too, that if so be, he may repent. Who sells the nations through her harlotries: It was bad enough that Nineveh indulged in this sin for herself; it was worse that she led the nations into violence, deception, and idolatry. Nahum and Asaph each show us that God is more than able to take care of them and us, each according to His promise. "So shall Bethel do unto you, on account of the wickedness of your wickedness." Make yourself many like the locust! , Envisioning the overthrow of this cruel and mighty empire, whose kings in their own records boast of the captives they have maimed, the realms they have subjected and the treasures they have confiscated, Nahum tells how the doom of the mighty and the wicked is decreed, deserved, and done. [79] Future preservation is further compromised by the site's proximity to expanding suburbs. ESV Action Study Bible Boys, Virtual Leather, Slate Gray, ESV Student Study Bible, TruTone, Navy Blue, ESV Jeremiah Study Bible--soft leather-look, majestic black (indexed), ESV MacArthur Study Bible, 2nd Edition--hardcover, Fire Bible ESV Version, Soft Leather-look, Slate/Charcoal, ESV Student Study Bible, TruTone, Sky Blue with Ivy Design. The sword will cut you off; By the 2nd century AD there were Christians present and by 554 it was a bishopric of the Church of the East. The ailing Mosul Dam is a persistent threat to Nineveh as well as the city of Mosul. Another hill in this district is called Kalla Nunia, or the Castle of Nineveh. An elaborate system of eighteen canals brought water from the hills to Nineveh, and several sections of a magnificently constructed aqueduct erected by Sennacherib were discovered at Jerwan, about 65 kilometres (40mi) distant. They could prepare as many provisions and people as they pleased, but it would all come to nothing against the judgment of God. ), Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 33, For Thoughtful Reflection, Prayer, or further Study. The fifteenth and final strophe (verse10) provides a summary and a transition to the next subject to be treated: the castigation of Nineveh. Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. ), which was one of the most important libraries of the ancient world. This may have simply intended "Place of Fish" or may have indicated a goddess associated with fish or the Tigris, possibly originally of Hurrian origin. The complete destruction of Nineveh has traditionally been seen as confirmed by the Hebrew Book of Ezekiel and the Greek Retreat of the Ten Thousand of Xenophon (d.354BC). [22] The enclosed area had more than 100,000 inhabitants (maybe closer to 150,000), about twice as many as Babylon at the time, placing it among the largest settlements worldwide. Neither of the allies of Thebes, Ethiopia or Libya, had been able to protect her. Prepare for Easter with Bible Gateway Plus. [25], Archaeologically, there is evidence of repairs at the temple of Nabu after 612 and for the continued use of Sennacherib's palace. Therefore, Nahum pronounced the Lords burden upon the city. Jonah has been the subject of works by such artists as John Bernard Flannagan and Albert Pinkham Ryder. And it was boundless; (1995). For upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? In other words, she not only turned to wickedness herself but exported that wickedness to many others through her power and influence. Let them not feed or drink water, 8but let man and (E)beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. By the 13th century, Nineveh was mostly ruins. The site is greatly endangered with dumping of debris, illegal settlements and quarrying as the main threats. Earthworks I threw up against him, and anyone coming out of his city gate I made pay for his crime. [30][31] The attribution of Nineveh to Ashur is also supported by the Greek Septuagint, King James Bible, Geneva Bible, and by Roman historian Flavius Josephus in his Antiquities of the Jews (Antiquities, i, vi, 4). 1. According to this regional chronology, 'Ninevite 5' is equivalent to the Early Jezirah III period.[16]. And your generals like great grasshoppers, After a long struggle the town is conquered by Median and Babylonian troops led by prince Arbaces and priest Belesis. Jonah is bitter at the destruction of the plant, but God speaks and thrusts home the final point of the story: You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night, and perished in a night. VanderKam, "Jubilees, Book of", in L. H. Schiffman and J. C. VanderKam (eds. Peter Webb, "Nineveh and Mosul", in O. Nicholason (ed.). The walls on top, made out of mud brick, were an additional 20 metres (66ft) tall. Hoping for disaster, he sits outside the city to await its destruction. He knew that the people of Nineveh deserved their just desserts because of their wickedness. At this time Nineveh was still an autonomous city-state. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River and was the capital and largest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, as well as the largest city in the world for several decades. Your email address will not be published. (Individual-study students should complete all of this section. Jonah would not go. Lots are cast, and Jonah confesses that it is his presence on board that is causing the storm. However, no such library was ever found: most likely, it had been destroyed by the activities of later residents. Ninevite 5 pottery is roughly contemporary to the Early Transcaucasian culture ware, and the Jemdet Nasr period ware. WebAnswer (1 of 45): Jonah 1 (NIV) Jonah Flees From the Lord 1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its (n) Geograph. That had the waters around her, His zeal was directed, like that of the rebuked Apostles, against others, and so it too was rebuked. Its ruins lie across the river from the historical city center of Mosul, in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate. Assyria, Philistia, Cush The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. Her end has come; there remains for the prophet but to write the epitaph (verses1819): Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria. This reminds us of the principle of 1 Peter 5:5: Be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Nineveh walked in pride, and as a result, had the LORD against them. Its ruin and utter desolation are foretold. [19], The stone carvings in the walls include many battle scenes, impalings and scenes showing Sennacherib's men parading the spoils of war before him. [ao]10Yet she went into captivity as an exile;[ap]even her infants were smashed to pieces[aq] at the head of every street.They cast lots[ar] for her nobility;[as]all her dignitaries were bound with chains.11You too will act like drunkards;[at]you will go into hiding;[au]you too will seek refuge from the enemy. Read and prayerfully reflect upon some or all of these Scriptures. Nineveh walked high in their pride, but would certainly be brought low with no one to comfort them (Where shall I seek comforters for you?). The cause seems ofttimes long in pleading. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. You may unsubscribe from Bible Gateways emails at any time. The ruins of Nineveh are surrounded by the remains of a massive stone and mudbrick wall dating from about 700BC. We place an emphasis on Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). a. On that lies a village Koindsjug."[52]. The copper came from the mines at Ergani. 12 This is what the LORD says: Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. For their wickedness is come up before me: Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. I want to say it was also the capital during Jonah's time; at the very least there is a mention of a "king of Nineveh" (Jonah 3:6). How much better to be humble and receive the grace of God. Jonah 3:3. 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