Jonah 3:1-8 ▼

1 Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,

2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out to it this very call which I am going to speak to you.”

3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.

4 Then Jonah began to go into the city, one day’s walk; and he called out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

5 And the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

6 Then the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his mantle from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes.

7 And he cried out and said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, animal, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat, and do not let them drink water.

8 But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God with their strength that each may turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands.