Now the word of the LORD
came
to Jonah
the second
time
, saying
,
"Arise, go
to aNineveh
the great
city
and bproclaim
to it the proclamation
which
I am going to tell
you."
So Jonah arose
and went
to Nineveh
according to the word
of the LORD
. Now Nineveh
was 1an aexceedingly
great
city
, a three
days'
walk
.
Then Jonah began
to go
through the city
one
day's
walk
; and he acried
out and said
, "Yet
forty
days
and Nineveh
will be overthrown
."
Then the people of Nineveh
believed
in God
; and they called
a afast
and put
on sackcloth
from the greatest
to the least
of them.
When the word reached
the king
of Nineveh
, he arose
from his throne
, laid
aside
his robe
from him, acovered
himself with sackcloth
and sat
on the 1ashes
.
He issued a aproclamation
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
.
"But both man and beast
must be covered
with sackcloth
; and let 1men acall
on God
earnestly
that each
may bturn
from his wicked
way
and from the violence
which
is in 2his hands
.
" aWho knows
, God
may turn
and relent
and withdraw
His burning
anger
so that we will not perish
."
When God saw
their deeds
, that they aturned
from their wicked
way
, then bGod
relented
concerning
the calamity
which
He had declared
He would 1bring
upon them. And He did not do
it.