Jonah 3:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ Every man and beast is to be covered with sackcloth. Let all cry out with fervor to God, and let them turn from their evil ways and their violent behavior. ⁹ Who knows? Perhaps God may change his mind and relent, and his fierce anger may abate, so that we will not perish.”

¹⁰ When God saw by their actions that they had turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not inflict upon them the punishment that he had threatened.