Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God.(A) Each must turn from his evil ways(B) and from the violence[a] he is doing.[b] Who knows?(C) God may turn and relent; He may turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish.(D)

10 Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways(E)—so God relented from the disaster(F) He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:8 Or injustice
  2. Jonah 3:8 Lit violence in their hands

But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(A) urgently on God. Let them give up(B) their evil ways(C) and their violence.(D) Who knows?(E) God may yet relent(F) and with compassion turn(G) from his fierce anger(H) so that we will not perish.”

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(I) and did not bring on them the destruction(J) he had threatened.(K)

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