And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto Jonah{H3124} the second{H8145} time, saying,{H559}

Arise,{H6965} go{H3212} unto Nineveh,{H5210} that great{H1419} city,{H5892} and preach{H7121} unto it the preaching{H7150} that I bid{H1696} thee.

So Jonah{H3124} arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} unto Nineveh,{H5210} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah.{H3068} Now Nineveh{H5210} was an exceeding{H430} great{H1419} city,{H5892} of three{H7969} days'{H3117} journey.{H4109}

And Jonah{H3124} began{H2490} to enter{H935} into the city{H5892} a{H259} day's{H3117} journey,{H4109} and he cried,{H7121} and said,{H559} Yet forty{H705} days,{H3117} and Nineveh{H5210} shall be overthrown.{H2015}

And the people{H582} of Nineveh{H5210} believed{H539} God;{H430} and they proclaimed{H7121} a fast,{H6685} and put{H3847} on sackcloth,{H8242} from the greatest{H1419} of them even to the least{H6996} of them.

And the tidings{H1697} reached{H5060} the king{H4428} of Nineveh,{H5210} and he arose{H6965} from his throne,{H3678} and laid{H5674} his robe{H155} from him, and covered{H3680} him with sackcloth,{H8242} and sat{H3427} in ashes.{H665}

And he made proclamation{H2199} and published{H559} through Nineveh{H5210} by the decree{H2940} of the king{H4428} and his nobles,{H1419} saying,{H559} Let neither man{H120} nor beast,{H929} herd{H1241} nor flock,{H6629} taste{H2938} anything;{H3972} let them not feed,{H7462} nor drink{H8354} water;{H4325}

but let them be covered{H3680} with sackcloth,{H8242} both man{H120} and beast,{H929} and let them cry{H7121} mightily{H2394} unto God:{H430} yea, let them turn{H7725} every one{H376} from his evil{H7451} way,{H1870} and from the violence{H2555} that is in his hands.{H3709}

Who knoweth{H3045} whether God{H430} will not turn{H7725} and repent,{H5162} and turn away{H7725} from his fierce{H2740} anger,{H639} that we perish{H6} not?

And God{H430} saw{H7200} their works,{H4639} that they turned{H7725} from their evil{H7451} way;{H1870} and God{H430} repented{H5162} of the evil{H7451} which he said{H1696} he would do{H6213} unto them; and he did{H6213} it not.