Jonah 3:5-7 ▼

5 Then 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 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the dust.

7 And he issued a proclamation, and it said, “In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: No person, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat, or drink water.