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Yahweh’s command that Jonah go to Nineveh raises the questions of why he sends his prophet to a foreign nation and why he chooses the city of Nineveh. Other prophets spoke oracles against foreign nations, but Jonah alone is sent to deliver a message in person. The answers to these questions are related and can be summarized in three facts about the city of Nineveh. First, the city and the Assyrian Empire it represented were famous for their wickedness and brutality. The ancient
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