He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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Interpretation
About a hundred years before, at Jonah's preaching, the Ninevites repented, and were spared, yet, soon after, they became worse than ever. Nineveh knows not that God who contends with her, but is told what a God he is.
Glossary
- Bashan Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Saham al Jawlan.
- Lebanon Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Jezzine.
- Mount Carmel Place
- Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Mount Carmel.