Jonas 3

¹ And the word of the LORD came untoThis is a great declaration of God's mercy, that he receives him again, and sends him forth as his Prophet, who had before shown such great weakness.Jonah the second time, saying,

² Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, & preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.

³ So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding{{See Jon_1:2}}great city of three days' journey.

⁴ And Jonah began to enter into the city a day'sHe went forward one day in the city and preached, and so he continued until the city was converted.journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

⁵ So the people of NinevehFor he declared that he was a Prophet sent to them from God, to make known his judgments against them.believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

⁶ For worde came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he rose from his throne, and he layed his robe from him, and couered him with sackecloth, and sate in ashes.

⁷ And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man norNot that the dumb beasts had sinned or could repent, but that by their example man might be astonished, considering that for his sin the anger of God hung over all creatures.beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

⁸ But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, andHe exhorted that the men should earnestly call to God for mercy.cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.

⁹ For partly from the threatening of the prophet, and partly from his own conscience, he doubted whether God would show them mercy.Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

¹⁰ And God saw theirThat is, the fruits of their repentance, which proceeded from faith, which God had planted by the ministry of his Prophet.works, that they turned from their evil way; and{{See Jer_18:8}}God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.