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Jonah 3:5

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The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.

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Jonah 3:5 in other translations

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

Jonah 3:5 · American Standard Version

Jonah 3:5 in context

  1. 3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across.
  2. 4Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
  3. 5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
  4. 6The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
  5. 7He made a proclamation and 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;