Jonah 3

1 - Then The Word Of The Lord Came To Jonah A Second Time:

2 - "Go To The Great City Of Nineveh And Proclaim To It The Message I Give You."

3 - Jonah Obeyed The Word Of The Lord And Went To Nineveh. Now Nineveh Was A Very Important City-a Visit Required Three Days.

4 - On The First Day, Jonah Started Into The City. He Proclaimed: "Forty More Days And Nineveh Will Be Overturned."

5 - The Ninevites Believed God. They Declared A Fast, And All Of Them, From The Greatest To The Least, Put On Sackcloth.

6 - When The News Reached The King Of Nineveh, He Rose From His Throne, Took Off His Royal Robes, Covered Himself With Sackcloth And Sat Down In The Dust.

7 - Then He Issued A Proclamation In Nineveh: "By The Decree Of The King And His Nobles: Do Not Let Any Man Or Beast, Herd Or Flock, Taste Anything; Do Not Let Them Eat Or Drink.

8 - But Let Man And Beast Be Covered With Sackcloth. Let Everyone Call Urgently On God. Let Them Give Up Their Evil Ways And Their Violence.

9 - Who Knows? God May Yet Relent And With Compassion Turn From His Fierce Anger So That We Will Not Perish."

10 - When God Saw What They Did And How They Turned From Their Evil Ways, He Had Compassion And Did Not Bring Upon Them The Destruction He Had Threatened.