Jonah:3:5-10
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So the people of Nineveh believed God ,
and proclaimed a fast ,
and put on sackcloth ,
from the greatest of them even to the least of them .
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For word came unto the king of Nineveh ,
and he arose from his throne ,
and he laid his robe from him ,
and covered him with sackcloth ,
and sat in ashes .
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And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles ,
saying ,
Let neither man nor beast ,
herd nor flock ,
taste any thing :
let them not feed ,
nor drink water :
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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth ,
and cry mightily unto God :
yea ,
let them turn every one from his evil way ,
and from the violence that is in their hands .
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Who can tell if God will turn and repent ,
and turn away from his fierce anger ,
that we perish not ?
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And God saw their works ,
that they turned from their evil way ;
and God repented of the evil ,
that he had said that he would do unto them ;
and he did it not .