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Jonah 3:5 (MSG)
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5 The people of Nineveh listened, and trusted God. They proclaimed a citywide fast and dressed in burlap to show their repentance. Everyone did it--rich and poor, famous and obscure, leaders and followers. This passage relates to the following topic(s): (v. 5)
Believing / Unbelief - Ninevites - believed God after Jonah call them to repentance
(v. 5)
Fasting - Ninevites - fasted after hearing their city would be overturned
Definition(s): Nineveh (Nin-e-ve): handsome; agreeable