Because of their sins:
Jonah 1:1-2New King James Version (NKJV)
Jonah's Disobedience1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me."
God forgave the city because they fully repented - unlike the Children of Israel who continuously fell backwards:
Jonah 3:10New King James Version (NKJV)
10 Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
Jonah fled to Tarsus after God spoke to him because he believed he could escape the task God gave him.
That city was Nineveh
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The Lord told Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh. The Lord wanted Jonah to tell the people of Nineveh that they were doing bad things---things against God.
Jonah. You can google the verses as well
The city of Nineveh
Jonah's dilemma in the story was that he was called by God to preach to the people of Nineveh, a city known for its wickedness, but he didn't want to because he didn't think they deserved God's mercy. He tried to flee from God's command by boarding a ship, which ultimately led to him being swallowed by a big fish.
Jonah was told to go and preach at Nineveh. But he did not go there he went the opposite way.
It is the story of a minor prophet Jonah , God told him to go to Nineveh , but he ran from Gods command in the opposite way. But he was caught in a storm and was swallowed by a whale, he was in the belly for three days, then he was vomited o the dry land. In the end he went to Nineveh.
Yes it is Consider the case of Jonah. God called him to go to Nineveh. He instead went another direction. Jonah ended up doing as God had called him to do, with the physical evidence to bare.
God gives second chances. Short version of the story: The story is about Jonah being told by God to go to Nineveh, which, at the time, was the enemy of the Israelites (as Jews should properly be called). Jonah was an Israelite, and he thought that if he went, he would be killed. So instead, he set sail for Tarsus. God sent up a storm while he was on the way, and Jonah was thrown into the ocean. A big fish swallowed him up, and he stayed in its belly for 3 days and nights. He prayed for that whole time, and God commanded the fish to spit him up. Jonah went on to Nineveh to preach, and they repented. Because they repented, God didn't destroy the town.
Jonah was sent to Ninevah in the period between 773-755BC.
Although not stated explicitly, it is evident that Jonah hated the people of Nineveh and did not want them to repent and be spared that judgment of God on their wicked acts.See Jonah 3:10 through 4:3. First, Johah did not hate the people of Nineveh. He explains in Chapter 4 verse 2 how he understood God, "And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil." In other words, Jonah knew that he would tell the people to repent, and if they did God would be gracious to them and change his mind about judging them. The reason for God's jugement can be found in the very last chapter and last verse. "And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscorethousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?" Basically, the city of Nineveh could no longer tell the good from the bad. As a prophet of God he ran rather to speak for God and God have mercy and change his mind and he look like a prophet who does not hear from God. I think a pride issue not a hate issue.