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Jonah 3:1 (show verse)
This message from the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
Jonah 3:2 (show verse)
"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you."
Jonah 3:3 (show verse)
So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh to do what the LORD had ordered.
Jonah 3:4 (show verse)
Now Nineveh was a very large city, requiring a three-day journey to cross through it. As Jonah started into the city on the first day's journey, he proclaimed the message, "40 days more and Nineveh will be overthrown!"
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Jonah 3:5 (show verse)
The people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least important.
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Jonah 3:6 (show verse)
When the message reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his royal garments, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.
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Jonah 3:7 (show verse)
Then he had this proclamation published throughout Nineveh: "By decree of the king and his nobles:
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Jonah 3:8 (show verse)
No man or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything, graze, or drink water. Instead, let both man and animal clothe themselves with sackcloth and cry out to God forcefully. Let every person turn from his evil ways and from his tendency to do violence.
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Nineveh » Inhabitants of, repented at jonah's preaching
Obedience » Instances of » Ninevites
Orator » Instances of » Jonah
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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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Jonah 3:9 (show verse)
Who knows but that God may relent, have compassion, and turn from his fierce anger, so that we are not exterminated?"
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Fasting » Instances of » Ninevites, when jonah preached to them
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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
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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)
God took note of what they did that they turned from their evil ways. Because God relented concerning the trouble about which he had warned them, he did not carry it out.