Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

Jonah and Nineveh

What special message was given to Jonah for Nineveh? BR-ASI9 77.16

“So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. . . . And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.” Jonah 3:3, 4. BR-ASI9 77.17

What saved the people from the predicted overthrow? BR-ASI9 78.1

“So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.” “And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that He had said that He would do unto them; and He did it not.” Jonah 3:5, 10. (See Jeremiah 18:7-10.) BR-ASI9 78.2