| 3:1 | Then the LORD spoke his word to Jonah a second time. He said, |
| 3:2 | "Leave at once for the important city, Nineveh. Announce to the people the message I have given you." |
| 3:3 | Jonah immediately went to Nineveh as the LORD told him. Nineveh was a very large city. It took three days to walk through it. |
| 3:4 | Jonah entered the city and walked for about a day. Then he said, "In forty days Nineveh will be destroyed." |
| 3:5 | The people of Nineveh believed God. They decided to fast, and everyone, from the most important to the least important, dressed in sackcloth. |
| 3:6 | When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes. |
| 3:7 | Then he made this announcement and sent it throughout the city: "This is an order from the king and his nobles: No one is to eat or drink anything. This includes all people, animals, cattle, and sheep. |
| 3:8 | Every person and animal must put on sackcloth. Cry loudly to God for help. Turn from your wicked ways and your acts of violence. |
| 3:9 | Who knows? God may reconsider his plans and turn from his burning anger so that we won't die." |
| 3:10 | God saw what they did. He saw that they turned from their wicked ways. So God reconsidered his threat to destroy them, and he didn't do it. |
Jonah 3 - God's Word Translation
