3:1 | And the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto Jonah <03124> the second <08145> time, saying <0559> (8800), |
3:2 | Arise <06965> (8798), go <03212> (8798) unto Nineveh <05210>, that great <01419> city <05892>, and preach <07121> (8798) unto it the preaching <07150> that I bid <01696> (8802) thee. |
3:3 | So Jonah <03124> arose <06965> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) unto Nineveh <05210>, according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>. Now Nineveh <05210> was an exceeding <0430> great <01419> city <05892> of three <07969> days <03117>' journey <04109>. {exceeding: Heb. of God} |
3:4 | And Jonah <03124> began <02490> (8686) to enter <0935> (8800) into the city <05892> a <0259> day's <03117> journey <04109>, and he cried <07121> (8799), and said <0559> (8799), Yet forty <0705> days <03117>, and Nineveh <05210> shall be overthrown <02015> (8737). |
3:5 | So the people <0582> of Nineveh <05210> believed <0539> (8686) God <0430>, and proclaimed <07121> (8799) a fast <06685>, and put <03847> (8799) on sackcloth <08242>, from the greatest <01419> of them even to the least <06996> of them. |
3:6 | For word <01697> came <05060> (8799) unto the king <04428> of Nineveh <05210>, and he arose <06965> (8799) from his throne <03678>, and he laid <05674> (8686) his robe <0155> from him, and covered <03680> (8762) [him] with sackcloth <08242>, and sat <03427> (8799) in ashes <0665>. |
3:7 | And he caused [it] to be proclaimed <02199> (8686) and published <0559> (8799) through Nineveh <05210> by the decree <02940> of the king <04428> and his nobles <01419>, saying <0559> (8800), Let neither man <0120> nor beast <0929>, herd <01241> nor flock <06629>, taste <02938> (8799) any thing <03972>: let them not feed <07462> (8799), nor drink <08354> (8799) water <04325>: {published: Heb. said} {nobles: Heb. great men} |
3:8 | But let man <0120> and beast <0929> be covered <03680> (8691) with sackcloth <08242>, and cry <07121> (8799) mightily <02394> unto God <0430>: yea, let them turn <07725> (8799) every one <0376> from his evil <07451> way <01870>, and from the violence <02555> that [is] in their hands <03709>. |
3:9 | Who can tell <03045> (8802) [if] God <0430> will turn <07725> (8799) and repent <05162> (8738), and turn away <07725> (8804) from his fierce <02740> anger <0639>, that we perish <06> (8799) not? |
3:10 | And God <0430> saw <07200> (8799) their works <04639>, that they turned <07725> (8804) from their evil <07451> way <01870>; and God <0430> repented <05162> (8735) of the evil <07451>, that he had said <01696> (8765) that he would do <06213> (8800) unto them; and he did <06213> (8804) [it] not. |