Jonah 3:4
“Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!"”
— Jonah 3:4
About this verse
Jonah 3:4 comes from the book of Jonah, written during the monarchic period. The setting is Nineveh streets. These words are attributed to Jonah. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include judgment, warning, urgency. Notable phrases: forty days; Nineveh will be overthrown. This verse contains prophecy.
Speaker
Jonah
Era
monarchic
Emotion
anxious
Type
prophecy
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