tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post8230941060071608396..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Commemoration of JonahWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-9556032436954428672009-09-23T21:54:28.522-05:002009-09-23T21:54:28.522-05:00In re to "also much cattle":
In Mongoli...In re to "also much cattle":<br /><br />In Mongolian, the term "cattle" ('mal') stands for all domesticated animals, so one would inquire of a nomad's "cattle," but our nomad friend would understand this to mean camels, goats, the whole panoply. Is that a possibility in Hebrew, in other words, the text meaning "also many animals"?Jim Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16666507238123326223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-83105133356616379452009-09-23T21:28:00.151-05:002009-09-23T21:28:00.151-05:00Maybe it's a Missouri thing, but when an anima...Maybe it's a Missouri thing, but when an animal "does its duty" we took that to meant it was excreting.<br /><br />So I would not urge an animal to do its duty, especially if it were in my house!Dan @ Necessary Roughnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815354600299927976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-16375536877044091082009-09-23T13:23:31.220-05:002009-09-23T13:23:31.220-05:00JONAH IS A MERMAN?!
... sorry there Pastor Weedon...JONAH IS A MERMAN?!<br /><br />... sorry there Pastor Weedon. Couldn't resist. XDTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09157748079129752535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-36312541206158336472009-09-23T13:05:49.992-05:002009-09-23T13:05:49.992-05:00Right up there with Luther's telling us to urg...<i>Right up there with Luther's telling us to urge our neighbor's animals to "stay and do their duty." :)</i><br /><br />LOL!! I'm sure Lucy feels that she does hers daily, just by being so darn cute!<br /><br />ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-31945465915366359742009-09-23T12:50:00.924-05:002009-09-23T12:50:00.924-05:00Right up there with Luther's telling us to urg...Right up there with Luther's telling us to urge our neighbor's animals to "stay and do their duty." :)William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-32305336421965147602009-09-23T08:00:13.362-05:002009-09-23T08:00:13.362-05:00From the ESV:
Do you do well to be angry for the ...From the ESV:<br /><br /><i>Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.” 10 And the LORD said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?</i><br /><br />Yes, I think that's exactly what it means -- God has compassion over all His Creation. Psalm 104 is a wonderful paen of praise to that.<br /><br />A proper rebuke to Jonah who is complaining about a plant that he did not create yet fails to show compassion for the people and animals in Nineveh.<br /><br />I also get a kick out of the King's decree:<br /><br /><i>but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God.</i><br /><br />ChristineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-5831399899168722972009-09-23T01:24:14.794-05:002009-09-23T01:24:14.794-05:00"Throughout the book the theme is how God dea..."Throughout the book the theme is how God deals compassionately with sinners."<br /><br />True enough, but I think it's a bit more pointed than that, speaking historically-redemptively: Throughout the book the theme is how God deals compassionately with Gentiles.<br /><br />Jonah's attitude is ironic in the extreme, for a people created with the promise to be "a blessing to the Gentiles," which Paul takes to be the Gospel itself (Gal 3.8).Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484863804749639654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-33646746222998777782009-09-22T22:57:23.967-05:002009-09-22T22:57:23.967-05:00Doesn't that last sentence show that God loves...Doesn't that last sentence show that God loves his whole creation; also the animals?Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15496039926850175338noreply@blogger.com