SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:6
Y llegó la palabra hasta el rey de Nínive, y se levantó de su silla, y echó de sí su vestido, y se cubrió de cilicio, y se sentó sobre ceniza.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Jonah 3:6
Verse 6. Word came unto the king] This, some think, was Pul; others, Sardanapalus his son, king of Assyria, who flourished in the reign of Jeroboam the Second: but it seems more probable that the monarch here alluded to was a king of Assyria contemporary with Joash, king of Judah. It was by the decree of the king that the fast was instituted, and became general.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-10 - There was a wonder of Divine grace in the repentance and reformation of Nineveh. It condemns the men of the gospel generation, Mt 12:41. A very small degree of light may convince men that humbling themselves befor God, confessing their sins with prayer, and turning from sin, are mean of escaping wrath and obtaining mercy. The people followed the exampl of the king. It became a national act, and it was necessary it shoul be so, when it was to prevent a national ruin. Let even the brut creatures' cries and moans for want of food remind their owners to cr to God. In prayer we must cry mightily, with fixedness of thought firmness of faith, and devout affections. It concerns us in prayer to stir up all that is within us. It is not enough to fast for sin, but we must fast from sin; and, in order to the success of our prayers, we must no more regard iniquity in our hearts, Ps 66:18. The work of fast-day is not done with the day. The Ninevites hoped that God woul turn from his fierce anger; and that thus their ruin would be prevented. They could not be so confident of finding mercy upon their repentance, as we may be, who have the death and merits of Christ, to which we may trust for pardon upon repentance. They dared not presume but they did not despair. Hope of mercy is the great encouragement to repentance and reformation. Let us boldly cast ourselves down at the footstool of free grace, and God will look upon us with compassion. God sees who turn from their evil ways, and who do not. Thus he spare Nineveh. We read of no sacrifices offered to God to make atonement for sin; but a broken and a contrite heart, such as the Ninevites then had he will not despise __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויגע 5060 הדבר 1697 אל 413 מלך 4428 נינוה 5210 ויקם 6965 מכסאו 3678 ויעבר 5674 אדרתו 155 מעליו 5921 ויכס 3680 שׂק 8242 וישׁב 3427 על 5921 האפר׃ 665
