So Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to walk through it.

He said, "Go to Nineveh, that great city, and speak out against it; I am aware of how wicked its people are."

The LORD will use his power to destroy Assyria. He will make the city of Nineveh a deserted ruin, a waterless desert.

That is what will happen to the city that is so proud of its own power and thinks it is safe. Its people think that their city is the greatest in the world. What a desolate place it will become, a place where wild animals will rest! Everyone who passes by will shrink back in horror.

Get ready, Jeremiah; go and tell them everything I command you to say. Do not be afraid of them now, or I will make you even more afraid when you are with them.

To this the LORD replied, "If you return, I will take you back, and you will be my servant again. If instead of talking nonsense you proclaim a worthwhile message, you will be my prophet again. The people will come back to you, and you will not need to go to them.

I will rescue you from the power of wicked and violent people. I, the LORD, have spoken."

You will tell them whatever I tell you to say, whether they listen or not. Remember what rebels they are.

"Mortal man," he said, "I am making you a lookout for the nation of Israel. You will pass on to them the warnings I give you.

Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins.

Afterward, Jesus found him in the Temple and said, "Listen, you are well now; so stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."