“ Go to the great city of Nineveh. Preach against it. The sins of its people have come to my attention.”

“你起来往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民呼喊，因为他们的恶达到我面前。”

“起来，到尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告，因为他们的恶已达到我面前。”

“起来，到尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告，因为他们的恶已达到我面前。”

“你起来前往尼尼微大城，大声警告那里的居民，因为他们的罪恶滔天，已经达到我面前。”

“起来！到尼尼微大城去，警告其中的居民，因为他们的恶行已经达到我面前。”

“起来！到尼尼微大城去，向那城呼喊，因为他们的恶行已经上达我的面前。”

「你起來往尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民呼喊，因為他們的惡達到我面前。」

「起來，到尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告，因為他們的惡已達到我面前。」

「起來，到尼尼微大城去，向其中的居民宣告，因為他們的惡已達到我面前。」

「你起來前往尼尼微大城，大聲警告那裡的居民，因為他們的罪惡滔天，已經達到我面前。」

“起來！到尼尼微大城去，警告其中的居民，因為他們的惡行已經達到我面前。”

『你起來，往尼尼微那大城去，宣告警戒它的居民；因為他們的壞行為上到我面前了。』

「起來！到尼尼微大城去，向那城呼喊，因為他們的惡行已經上達我的面前。」

起往尼尼微大邑、向之而呼、蓋其惡達於我前也、

我鑒察尼尼微大邑、作惡已甚、爾往責之、

爾起、往尼尼微大邑、向其居民宣告責言、蓋其惡已甚、為我所鑒、蓋其惡已甚為我所鑒原文作蓋其惡已上達於我

“ Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

“ Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.”

“ Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce my judgment against it because I have seen how wicked its people are.”

“ Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it because their evil has come up before me.”

“ Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.”

“ Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.”

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

“ Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me.”

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

“ Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”

“ Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

From that land he went to Assyria. There he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir and Calah.

Here is a prophecy the Lord gave Nahum, who was from the town of Elkosh. The prophecy came in a vision and is written in a book. The prophecy is about Nineveh.

The Lord will reach out his powerful hand against the north. He will destroy Assyria. He’ll leave Nineveh totally empty. It will be as dry as a desert.Flocks and herds will lie down there. So will creatures of every kind. Desert owls and screech owls will rest on its pillars. The sound of their hooting will echo through the windows. The doorways will be full of trash. The cedar beams will be showing.Nineveh was a carefree city. It lived in safety. It said to itself,“ I am the one! No one is greater than I am.” But it has been destroyed. Wild animals make their home there. All those who pass by laugh and shake their fists at it.

So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, took the army tents down. Then he left. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

“ Go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce to its people the message I give you.”

The Lord also said,“ The cries against Sodom and Gomorrah are very great. Their sin is so badthat I will go down and see for myself. I want to see if what they have done is as bad as the cries that have reached me. If it is not, then I will know.”

And shouldn’t I show concern for the great city of Nineveh? It has more than 120,000 people. They can’t tell right from wrong. Nineveh also has a lot of animals.”

The Lord told me,“ Shout out loud. Do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Tell my people that they have refused to obey me. Tell the family of Jacob how much they have sinned.

Her sins are piled up to heaven. God has remembered her crimes.

But the Lord said to me,“ Do not say,‘ I’m too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to. You must say everything I command you to say.Do not be afraid of the people I send you to. I am with you. I will save you,” announces the Lord.Then the Lord reached out his hand. He touched my mouth and spoke to me. He said,“ I have put my words in your mouth.Today I am appointing you to speak to nations and kingdoms. I give you authority to pull them up by the roots and tear them down. I give you authority to destroy them and crush them. I give you authority to build them up and plant them.”

I am not sending you to people who speak another language that is hard to learn. Instead, I am sending you to the people of Israel.You are not being sent to many nations whose people speak other languages that are hard to learn. You would not be able to understand them. Suppose I had sent you to them. Then they certainly would have listened to you.But the people of Israel do not want to listen to you. That is because they do not want to listen to me. All the Israelites are very stubborn.But I will make you just as stubborn as they are.I will make you very brave. So do not be afraid of them. Do not let them terrify you, even though they refuse to obey me.”

Nineveh, armies are coming to attack you. Guard the forts! Watch the roads! Get ready! Gather all your strength!Assyria once took everything of value from God’s people. Its army destroyed all their vines. But the Lord will bring back the glory of Jacob’s people. He’ll make Israel glorious again.The shields of the soldiers are red. The warriors are dressed in bright red uniforms. The metal on their chariots flashes when they are prepared for war. Their spears made out of juniper are ready to use.

The Spirit of the Lord has filled me with power. He helps me do what is fair. He makes me brave. Now I’m prepared to tell Jacob’s people what they’ve done wrong. I’m ready to tell Israel they’ve sinned.

You must give them my message. They might listen, or they might not. After all, they refuse to obey me.

I prayed,“ I’m filled with shame and dishonor, my God. I can hardly look to you and pray. That’s because our sins are piled up above our heads. Our guilt reaches all the way to the heavens.

You have even failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields. Their pay is crying out against you. The cries of those who gathered the harvest have reached the ears of the Lord. He rules over all.

You will be brought to governors and kings because of me. You will be witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.