Jonah 3:1-7 ▼

1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:”

2 Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach the message that I tell you.”

3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the LORD’s command. Now Nineveh was an extremely large city, a three-day walk.

4 Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed, “In 40 days Nineveh will be demolished!”

5 The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.

6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 Then he issued a decree in Nineveh: By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water.