Jonah 3:5-7 ▼

5 So the people of Nineveh believed in God and decreed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least.

6 And when the news reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne and took off his crown from his head and covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither men nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed nor drink water;