1 This|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Jonah|strong="H3124" the|strong="H3068" second|strong="H8145" time|strong="H8145",
2 ‘Arise|strong="H6965", go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H1696" that|strong="H5892" great|strong="H1419" city|strong="H5892", Nineveh|strong="H5210", and|strong="H6965" proclaim|strong="H7121" to|strong="H1696" it|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" message that|strong="H5892" I|strong="H6965" tell|strong="H1696" you|strong="H1696".’
3 So|strong="H1961" Jonah|strong="H3124" started|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3068" Nineveh|strong="H5210", as|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* commanded. Now|strong="H1961" Nineveh|strong="H5210" was|strong="H3068" so|strong="H1961" large|strong="H1419" a|strong="H3068" city|strong="H5892" that|strong="H3117" it|strong="H1961" took|strong="H1961" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117"’ journey|strong="H4109" to|strong="H3212" cross it|strong="H1961".
4 Jonah|strong="H3124" began|strong="H2490" by|strong="H3117" going a|strong="H3068" day|strong="H3117"’s journey|strong="H4109" into|strong="H2015" the|strong="H3117" city|strong="H5892", and|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" proclaimed|strong="H7121", ‘Forty days|strong="H3117" more|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3117" Nineveh|strong="H5210" will|strong="H5892" be|strong="H5750" overthrown|strong="H2015".’
5 And|strong="H1419" the|strong="H7121" people of|strong="H7121" Nineveh|strong="H5210" believed God; and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H5704" ordered a|strong="H3068" fast|strong="H6685" and|strong="H1419" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H3847" sackcloth|strong="H8242", from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7121" greatest|strong="H1419" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H7121" least|strong="H6996" of|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121".
6 And|strong="H6965" when|strong="H3427" word|strong="H1697" came|strong="H5060" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Nineveh|strong="H5210", he|strong="H5921" rose|strong="H6965" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" throne|strong="H3678", took|strong="H4428" off|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" robe, dressed in|strong="H3427" sackcloth|strong="H8242", and|strong="H6965" sat|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" ashes.
7 And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H1241" made this|strong="H4428" proclamation|strong="H2199" and|strong="H4428" published it|strong="H8354" in|strong="H4428" Nineveh|strong="H5210": ‘By|strong="H4325" the|strong="H8354" decree|strong="H2940" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H8354" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" his|strong="H4428" nobles|strong="H1419": People|strong="H2199", beast, herd|strong="H1241", and|strong="H4428" flock|strong="H6629" must not|strong="H4325" taste|strong="H2938" anything|strong="H3972"; let them|strong="H7462" not|strong="H4325" eat|strong="H7462" nor|strong="H1241" drink|strong="H8354" water|strong="H4325".
8 Let|strong="H7725" both|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3709" and|strong="H7725" animals put|strong="H7725" on|strong="H1870" sackcloth|strong="H8242" and|strong="H7725" let|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" cry|strong="H7121" earnestly|strong="H2394" to|strong="H7725" God; let|strong="H7725" them|strong="H7725" each turn|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" their|strong="H7725" evil|strong="H7451" ways|strong="H1870" and|strong="H7725" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" deeds|strong="H1870" of|strong="H1870" violence|strong="H2555" which|strong="H7451" they|strong="H1870" are|strong="H1870" doing|strong="H1870".
9 Who|strong="H4310" knows|strong="H3045"? God|strong="H3808" may|strong="H4310" relent|strong="H5162" and|strong="H7725" avert his|strong="H7725" fierce|strong="H2740" anger|strong="H2740", so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3045" we|strong="H3068" may|strong="H4310" not|strong="H3808" die.’
10 When|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" saw|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" turned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H1992" evil|strong="H7451" course|strong="H1870", he|strong="H3588" relented|strong="H5162" the|strong="H5921" evil|strong="H7451" which|strong="H1992" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992", and|strong="H7725" did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H5921".