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The word of the Eternal came to the prophet Jonah a second time.

Eternal One: Get up, and go to that powerful and notorious city of Nineveh, and pass on to them the message I’m giving you.

Having learned his lesson, Jonah yielded to the Eternal’s command and headed on the road to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was an important city, so large that it took three days to travel throughout it. Jonah had barely begun to walk the first day’s journey into the city when he stopped.

Jonah (shouting out to the people of Nineveh): After 40 days, Nineveh will be annihilated.

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