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THE SHOUT OF THE KING

Jonah 3:1-5: "And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah
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the second time, saying, Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great
city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee "So
Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh according to the word
of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of
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three days' journey”. And Jonah began to enter into the city
a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and
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Nineveh shall be overthrown "So the people of Nineveh
believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth,
from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”

Here, we see the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second
time. He was directed to go to Nineveh, and preach the
message appointed by God. Jonah obeyed, and as he
proclaimed the impending judgment, the people of Nineveh,
from the greatest to the least, believed God. Then they
proclaimed a fast, put on sackcloth, and repented. Divine
intervention led to the transformation of an entire city.

Exodus 3:8-10: "And I am come down to deliver them out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that
land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with
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milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the
Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the
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Hivites, and the Jebusites”. "Now therefore, behold, the cry
of the children of Israel is come unto me and I have also seen
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the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them”.
"Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh,
that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel
out of Egypt.”
In this scripture reading, God declared His descent to deliver
the children of Israel from Egyptian oppression. He
promised to bring them to a good and spacious land, flowing
with milk and honey, inhabited by the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. Responding to
the cry of the oppressed, God decided to send Moses to lead

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