The Repentance of Nineveh
Jonah 3, verse 1. Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, Jonah 3, verse 2. “Arise and go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach there according to the message I previously spoke to you.” Jonah 3, verse 3. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, just as the Lord spoke. Nineveh was an exceedingly great city to God, a journey of about three days. Jonah 3, verse 4. And Jonah began to enter into the city, going a day's journey, where he proclaimed and said, “Yet three days and Nineveh shall be overthrown.” Jonah 3, verse 5. And the men of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. Jonah 3, verse 6. Then the word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and put on sackcloth, and sat upon ashes. Jonah 3, verse 7. And it was proclaimed and spoken in Nineveh by the king and by his great men, saying, “Let not the men, cattle, oxen, or sheep taste anything, eat, or drink water.” Jonah 3, verse 8. So the men and the cattle were clothed with sackcloth, and they cried out fervently to God; and they each turned back from their evil ways and from the wrongdoings of their hands, saying, Jonah 3, verse 9. “Who knows if God shall have a change of heart and turn from His fierce anger, that we should not perish?” Jonah 3, verse 10. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways. And God had a change of heart about the evil which He said He would do to them, and He did not do it.