But let man and beast put on sackcloth, and [a]cry mightily unto God: yea, let every man turn from his evil way, and from the wickedness that is in their hands.

[b]Who can tell if God will turn, and repent and turn away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?

10 And God saw their [c]works that they turned from their evil ways: and [d]God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them, and he did it not.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:8 He willed that the men should earnestly call unto God for mercy.
  2. Jonah 3:9 For partly by the threatening of the Prophet, and partly by the motion of his own conscience, he doubted whether God would show them mercy.
  3. Jonah 3:10 That is, the fruits of their repentance, which did proceed of faith, which God had planted by the ministry of his Prophet.
  4. Jonah 3:10 Read Jer. 18:8.

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