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Jonah 3:5

Nineveh
FaithRepentanceFastingThe stranger and outcast

3 This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.

4 On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!”

And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.

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BSB
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
KJV
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.
WEB
The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.
ASV
And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
DARBY
And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
BLB
And the people of Nineveh trusted in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
ÅB
Da trodde mennene i Ninive på Gud, og de ropte ut en faste og kledde seg i sekk, både store og små.
OTB
Folket i Ninive trodde Gud. De utropte en faste og kledde seg i sekkestrie, fra den største til den minste.
B1930
Da trodde mennene i Ninive på Gud, og de ropte ut en faste og klædde sig i sekk, både store og små.

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  • Luke 11:32

    The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

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  • Daniel 9:3

    So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

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  • Matthew 12:41

    The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

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  • Joel 2:12–17

    “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:3

    Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

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  • Joel 1:14

    Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.

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  • Exodus 9:18–21

    Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.

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  • Jeremiah 36:9

    Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

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