Jonah 3:5-9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 The men of Nineveh believed in God.[a] 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, put on sackcloth,(B) and sat in ashes. 7 Then he issued a decree(C) 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. 8 Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God.(D) Each must turn from his evil ways(E) and from the violence[b] he is doing.[c] 9 Who knows?(F) God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.(G)
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