Jonah 3:5-9

5 aAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. bThey called for a fast and cput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

The People of Nineveh Repent

6The word reached
Or had reached
the king of Nineveh, and ehe arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, fand sat in ashes.
7And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, g“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor hbeast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8but let man and ibeast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. jLet everyone turn from his evil way and from kthe violence that is in his hands. 9 lWho knows? God may turn and relent mand turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

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