Nineveh Repents
1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 “Arise, go to (A)Nineveh the great city and (B)proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.”
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was (a)an (C)exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.
4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he (D)cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”
5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a (E)fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.
6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, (F)covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the (b)ashes.
7 He issued a (G)proclamation and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water.
8 But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let (c)men (H)call on God earnestly that each may (I)turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in (d)his hands.
9 (J)Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.”
Footnotes:
a.
Jonah 3:3: ['Lit ', a great city to God]
b.
Jonah 3:6: ['Or ', dust]
c.
Jonah 3:8: ['Lit ', them]
d.
Jonah 3:8: ['Lit ', their]
e.
Jonah 3:10: ['Lit ', do]