The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Jonah 3
1 Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and preach to it the message that I give
you.”
3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh,
according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh
was an exceedingly great city, three
days’ journey across.
4 Jonah began to enter into the city
a day’s journey, and he cried out, and
said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
5 The people of Nineveh believed God;
and they proclaimed a fast and put on
sackcloth, from their greatest even to their
least.
6 The news reached the king of Nineveh,
and he arose from his throne, took off
his royal robe, covered himself with
sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 He made a proclamationand published
through Nineveh by the decree of the king
and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man
nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything;
let them not feed, nor drink water;
8 but let them be covered with sackcloth,
both man and animal, and let them cry
mightily to God. Yes, let them turn
everyone from his evil way and from the
violence that is in his hands.
9 Who knows whether God will not turn
and relent, and turn away from his fierce
anger, so that we might not perish?”
10 God saw their works, that they turned
from their evil way. God relented of the
disaster which he said he would do to
them, and he didn’t do it.