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Jonah 3:1 (show verse)
Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:
Jonah 3:2 (show verse)
“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.”
Jonah 3:3 (show verse)
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.
Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, a three-day walk.
Now Nineveh was an extremely large city,
Jonah 3:4 (show verse)
Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!”
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Jonah 3:5 (show verse)
The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.
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Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
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Jonah 3:6 (show verse)
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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Judgments » Should lead to » Humiliation
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Jonah 3:7 (show verse)
Then he issued a decree in Nineveh:
By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.
By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.
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Jonah 3:8 (show verse)
Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God. Each must turn from his evil ways and from the violence he is doing.
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Obedience » Instances of » Ninevites
Orator » Instances of » Jonah
Repentance » True--exemplified
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Sackcloth » Animals covered with, at a time of national mourning
Conviction of sin » Examples of » The ninevites
Fasting » Instances of » Ninevites, when jonah preached to them
Heathen » Instances of » The ninevites
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Disappointed at the success of his own message
Nineveh » Inhabitants of, repented at jonah's preaching
Obedience » Instances of » Ninevites
Orator » Instances of » Jonah
Repentance » True--exemplified
Repentance » Examples of » The ninevites
Repentance » Instances of » The ninevites, by the preaching of jonah
Revivals » Instances of » In nineveh
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Sackcloth » Animals covered with, at a time of national mourning
Jonah 3:9 (show verse)
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.
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Conviction of sin » Examples of » The ninevites
Fasting » Instances of » Ninevites, when jonah preached to them
Heathen » Instances of » The ninevites
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Disappointed at the success of his own message
Nineveh » Inhabitants of, repented at jonah's preaching
Obedience » Instances of » Ninevites
Orator » Instances of » Jonah
Repentance » Examples of » Ascribed to God (change of purpose)
Repentance » Examples of » The ninevites
Repentance » Instances of » The ninevites, by the preaching of jonah
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Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » King of nineveh » Repentance » Fast
Conviction of sin » Examples of » The ninevites
Fasting » Instances of » Ninevites, when jonah preached to them
Heathen » Instances of » The ninevites
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Disappointed at the success of his own message
Nineveh » Inhabitants of, repented at jonah's preaching
Obedience » Instances of » Ninevites
Orator » Instances of » Jonah
Repentance » Examples of » Ascribed to God (change of purpose)
Repentance » Examples of » The ninevites
Repentance » Instances of » The ninevites, by the preaching of jonah
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Jonah 3:10 (show verse)
Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—so God relented from the disaster He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.