Old TestamentJonahJonah Preaches in Nineveh · 3:1–43:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,3:2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.3:4 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.