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1 The
LORD’s word came
to Jonah the
second time,
saying,
2 “Arise,
go to Nineveh,
that great city,
and preach to
it the message
that I give
you.”
3 So
Jonah arose, and
went to Nineveh,
according to the
LORD’s word. Now
Nineveh was an
exceedingly great
city, three days’
journey across.
4 Jonah
began to enter
into the city
a day’s journey,
and he cried out,
and said, “In forty
days, Nineveh will
be overthrown!”
5 The people
of Nineveh believed God;
and they
proclaimed a fast
and put on
sackcloth, from
their greatest
even to their
least.
6 The news
reached the king
of Nineveh, and
he arose from
his throne, took
off his royal robe,
covered himself
with sackcloth,
and sat in ashes.
7 He made
a proclamation
and published through Nineveh
by the decree
of the king
and his nobles,
saying, “Let neither man
nor animal, herd
nor flock, taste
anything; let them
not feed, nor
drink water;
8 but
let them be
covered with
sackcloth, both
man and animal,
and let them
cry mightily
to God. Yes, let
them turn everyone
from his evil
way and from
the violence that
is in his
hands.
9 Who
knows whether God
will not turn
and relent, and
turn away from
his fierce anger,
so that we might
not perish?”
10 God
saw their works,
that they turned
from their evil
way. God relented
of the disaster
which he said
he would do
to them, and
he didn’t do it.