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Jonah 3

CHAPTER 3 Jonah Sent to Nineveh

1 And came to pass the word of the lord to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Rise up, go unto Nineveh the [²city ¹great]! and proclaim in it! according to the proclamation [⁶before ¹which ²I ³spoke ⁴to ⁵you]. 3 And Jonah rose up, and went into Nineveh as the lord spoke. And Nineveh was [²city ¹a great] to God, as the goings of a journey of three days. 4 And Jonah began to go into the city, as the going [²day ¹of one]. And he proclaimed and said, Yet three days, and Nineveh shall be eradicated. 5 And [⁴believed ¹the ²men ³of Nineveh] in God, and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from their great unto their small.

Nineveh Repents

6 And [³approached ¹the ²word] to the king of Nineveh. And he rose up from his throne, and he removed his apparel from himself, and he wore sackcloth, and sat upon ashes. 7 And it was proclaimed and was spoken in Nineveh by the king, and by his great men, saying, The men, and the cattle, and the oxen, and the sheep -- let them not taste, nor feed, and [²water ¹let them not drink]! 8 And [⁶put around ⁷sackcloths ¹the ²men ³and ⁴the ⁵cattle]. And they yelled out to God fervently. And [²turned ¹each] from [³way ¹their ²wicked], and from the iniquity in their hands, saying, 9 Who knows if [²shall change his mind ¹God], and he shall turn from the anger of his rage, and in no way should we perish? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from [³ways ¹their ²wicked]; and God changed his mind over the evil which he spoke to do to them; and he did not do it.