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Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city

"Go to the important city of Nineveh"

Get up and go

This is a common expression for traveling to distant places. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)

speak out against it

God is referring to the people of the city. Alternate translation: "warn the people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)

their wickedness has risen up before me

"I know they have been continually sinning"