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Jonah 3 (CEV)

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¹ Once again the LORD told Jonah ² to go to that great city of Nineveh and preach his message of doom. ³ Jonah obeyed the LORD and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it. ⁴ After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, "Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!" ⁵ They believed God's message and set a time when they would go without eating to show their sorrow. Then everyone in the city, no matter who they were, dressed in sackcloth. ⁶ When the king of Nineveh heard what was happening, he also dressed in sackcloth; he left the royal palace and sat in dust. ⁷ Then he and his officials sent out an order for everyone in the city to obey. It said: None of you or your animals may eat or drink a thing. Each of you must wear sackcloth, and you must even put sackcloth on your animals. You must also pray to the LORD ⁸ (SEE 3:7) ⁹ (SEE 3:7) ¹⁰ When God saw that the people had stopped doing evil things, he had pity and did not destroy them as he had planned.