Jonah 3:5-7

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast^(A) and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.

⁶ When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth,^(B) and sat in ashes. ⁷ Then he issued a decree^(C) in Nineveh:

By order of the king and his nobles: No person or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.