But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.
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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
- Nineveh Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Nineveh.