Jonah 3:5-8

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⁵The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.^(A)

⁶When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.^(B) ⁷This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:

Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.^(C) ⁸But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call^(D) urgently on God. Let them give up^(E) their evil ways^(F) and their violence.^(G)

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