And the word of the LORD
came unto Jonah
the second
time, saying
,
Arise, go
unto Nineveh
, that great
city
, and preach
unto it the preaching
that I bid
thee.
So Jonah arose
, and went
unto Nineveh
, according to the word
of the LORD
. Now Nineveh
was an exceeding
great
city
of three
days
' journey
.
And Jonah began
to enter
into the city
a
day's
journey
, and he cried
, and said
, Yet forty
days
, and Nineveh
shall be overthrown
.
So the people of Nineveh
believed
God
, and proclaimed
a fast
, and put
on sackcloth
, from the greatest
of them even to the least
of them.
For word came
unto the king
of Nineveh
, and he arose
from his throne
, and he laid
his robe
from him, and covered
him with sackcloth
, and sat
in ashes
.
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published
through Nineveh
by the decree
of the king
and his nobles
, saying
, Let neither man
nor beast
, herd
nor flock
, taste
any thing
: let them not feed
, nor drink
water
:
But let man and beast
be covered
with sackcloth
, and cry
mightily
unto God
: yea, let them turn
every one
from his evil
way
, and from the violence
that is in their hands
.
Who can tell if God
will turn
and repent
, and turn away
from his fierce
anger
, that we perish
not?
And God saw
their works
, that they turned
from their evil
way
; and God
repented
of the evil
, that he had said
that he would do
unto them; and he did
it not.