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1. The Lord spoke his word to Jonah again and said,
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1. And the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 Jonah H3124 the second time H8145 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Get up, go to the great city Nineveh, and preach to it what I tell you to say."
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2. Arise H6965 , go H1980 unto H413 Nineveh H5210 , that great H1419 city H5892 , and preach H7121 unto H413 it H853 the preaching H7150 that H834 I H595 bid H1696 H413 thee.
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3. So Jonah obeyed the Lord and got up and went to Nineveh. It was a very large city; just to walk across it took a person three days.
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3. So Jonah H3124 arose H6965 , and went H1980 unto H413 Nineveh H5210 , according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 . Now Nineveh H5210 was H1961 an exceeding H430 great H1419 city H5892 of three H7969 days H3117 ' journey H4109 .
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4. After Jonah had entered the city and walked for one day, he preached to the people, saying, "After forty days, Nineveh will be destroyed!"
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4. And Jonah H3124 began H2490 to enter H935 into the city H5892 a H259 day H3117 's journey H4109 , and he cried H7121 , and said H559 , Yet H5750 forty H705 days H3117 , and Nineveh H5210 shall be overthrown H2015 .
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5. The people of Nineveh believed God. They announced that they would stop eating for a while, and they put on rough cloth to show their sadness. All the people in the city did this, from the most important to the least important.
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5. So the people H376 of Nineveh H5210 believed H539 God H430 , and proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685 , and put on H3847 sackcloth H8242 , from the greatest H4480 H1419 of them even to H5704 the least H6996 of them.
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6. When the king of Nineveh heard this news, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, and covered himself with rough cloth and sat in ashes to show how upset he was.
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6. For word H1697 came H5060 unto H413 the king H4428 of Nineveh H5210 , and he arose H6965 from his throne H4480 H3678 , and he laid H5674 his robe H155 from H4480 H5921 him , and covered H3680 him with sackcloth H8242 , and sat H3427 in H5921 ashes H665 .
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7. He sent this announcement through Nineveh: By command of the king and his important men: No person or animal, herd or flock, will be allowed to taste anything. Do not let them eat food or drink water.
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7. And he caused it to be proclaimed H2199 and published H559 through Nineveh H5210 by the decree H4480 H2940 of the king H4428 and his nobles H1419 , saying H559 , Let neither H408 man H120 nor beast H929 , herd H1241 nor flock H6629 , taste H2938 any thing H3972 : let them not H408 feed H7462 , nor H408 drink H8354 water H4325 :
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8. But every person and animal should be covered with rough cloth, and people should cry loudly to God. Everyone must turn away from evil living and stop doing harm all the time.
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8. But let man H120 and beast H929 be covered H3680 with sackcloth H8242 , and cry H7121 mightily H2394 unto H413 God H430 : yea , let them turn H7725 every one H376 from his evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 , and from H4480 the violence H2555 that H834 is in their hands H3709 .
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9. Who knows? Maybe God will change his mind. Maybe he will stop being angry, and then we will not die.
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9. Who H4310 can tell H3045 if God H430 will turn H7725 and repent H5162 , and turn away H7725 from his fierce H4480 H2740 anger H639 , that we perish H6 not H3808 ?
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10. When God saw what the people did, that they stopped doing evil, he changed his mind and did not do what he had warned. He did not punish them.
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10. And God H430 saw H7200 H853 their works H4639 , that H3588 they turned H7725 from their evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 ; and God H430 repented H5162 of H5921 the evil H7451 , that H834 he had said H1696 that he would do H6213 unto them ; and he did H6213 it not H3808 .
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