² “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh^(A) and preach^(B) the message that I tell you.” ³ So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.

Now Nineveh was an extremely large city,^[a](C) a three-day walk.^{[b] 4} Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed,^(D) “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!”