11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?(Jonah 4:11)
Nineveh was a thriving city of the ancient world. It was a center of trade and had a large population for that time period (sixscore = 120, so ~120,000 people). Jonah was not happy that God had saved Nineveh, and in fact he protested blatantly against it. In this verse, God is trying to make Jonah see that Jonah was being hateful toward the people of Nineveh. Jonah’s hatred toward the people of Nineveh was not what God desired. God was being merciful, something for which Jonah should have been grateful. Jonah should have been grateful for the mercy shown to the Nineveh because Jonah needed mercy as well. You see; the mercy shown to Nineveh is the same mercy shown to us all.
Nineveh was a thriving city of the ancient world. It was a center of trade and had a large population for that time period (sixscore = 120, so ~120,000 people). Jonah was not happy that God had saved Nineveh, and in fact he protested blatantly against it. In this verse, God is trying to make Jonah see that Jonah was being hateful toward the people of Nineveh. Jonah’s hatred toward the people of Nineveh was not what God desired. God was being merciful, something for which Jonah should have been grateful. Jonah should have been grateful for the mercy shown to the Nineveh because Jonah needed mercy as well. You see; the mercy shown to Nineveh is the same mercy shown to us all.
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