3Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:H1697H3068H3124H8145H5592"Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you."H6965H3212H5210H1419H5892H7121H7150H16963Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city—a visit required three days.H3124H6965H3212H5210H1697H3068H5210H430H1419H5892H7969H3117H41094On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned."H3124H2490H935H5892H259H3117H4109H7121H559H705H3117H5210H20155The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.H582H5210H539H430H7121H6685H3847H8242H1419H69966When the news 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.H1697H5060H4428H5210H6965H3678H5674H155H3680H8242H3427H6657Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.H2199H559H5210H2940H4428H1419H559H120H929H1241H6629H2938H3972H7462H8354H43258But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.H120H929H3680H8242H7121H2394H430H7725H376H7451H1870H2555H37099Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."H3045H430H7725H5162H7725H2740H639H610When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.H430H7200H4639H7725H7451H1870H430H5162H7451H1696H6213H6213
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