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NASB | Jonah 4:11 "Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jonah 4:11 "Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 [innocent] persons, who do not know the difference between their right and left hand [and are not yet accountable for sin], as well as many [blameless] animals?" |
Bible Question: When the people of Nineveh repented, God spared the city. This verse says He had compassion. Where does grace fit here or does it? Did God forgive Nineveh for their wickedness? |
Bible Answer: Dear Momma, How are you, ma'am? I have been thinking of you lately. I have not seen you here on the forum for a few months. Is your remission going on now through to the fourth year? Grace is behind the whole book of Jonah, although the word is not explicitly used. God saved Jonah, God saved the gentile sailors, and God saved the Ninevites. This the Lord did despite the fact that they deserved no such favor. I would also say that God's final lesson in Jonah 4 (vv6-11) was all about grace. What was the source of the repentance of Jonah, the sailors, and the Ninevites. Wasn't it all a matter of God's design? In Him, Doc |