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Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time ,
saying ,
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Arise ,
go to Nin '
eveh ,
that great city ,
and proclaim to it the message that I tell you ."
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So Jonah arose and went to Nin '
eveh ,
according to the word of the LORD .
Now Nin '
eveh was an exceedingly great city ,
three days '
journey in breadth .
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Jonah began to go into the city ,
going a day '
s journey .
And he cried , "
Yet forty days ,
and Nin '
eveh shall be overthrown !"
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And the people of Nin '
eveh believed God ;
they proclaimed a fast ,
and put on sackcloth ,
from the greatest of them to the least of them .
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Then tidings reached the king of Nin '
eveh ,
and he arose from his throne ,
removed his robe ,
and covered himself with sackcloth ,
and sat in ashes .
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And he made proclamation and published through Nin '
eveh , "
By the decree of the king and his nobles :
Let neither man nor beast ,
herd nor flock ,
taste anything ;
let them not feed ,
or drink water ,
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but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth ,
and let them cry mightily to God ;
yea ,
let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands .
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Who knows ,
God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger ,
so that we perish not ?"
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When God saw what they did ,
how they turned from their evil way ,
God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them ;
and he did not do it .