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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto Jonah[H3124] the second[H8145] time, saying[H559],
2Arise[H6965], go[H3212] unto Nineveh[H5210], that great[H1419]city[H5892], and preach[H7121] unto it the preaching[H7150] that I bid[H1696] thee.
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So Jonah[H3124]arose[H6965], and went[H3212] unto Nineveh[H5210], according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]. Now Nineveh[H5210] was an exceeding[H430]great[H1419]city[H5892] of three[H7969]days[H3117]' journey[H4109].
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And Jonah[H3124]began[H2490] to enter[H935] into the city[H5892]a[H259] day's journey[H4109], and he cried[H7121], and said[H559], Yet forty[H705]days[H3117], and Nineveh[H5210] shall be overthrown[H2015].
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So the people[H582] of Nineveh[H5210]believed[H539]God[H430], and proclaimed[H7121] a fast[H6685], and put[H3847] on sackcloth[H8242], from the greatest[H1419] of them even to the least[H6996] of them.
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For word[H1697]came[H5060] unto the king[H4428] of Nineveh[H5210], and he arose[H6965] from his throne[H3678], and he laid[H5674] his robe[H155] from him, and covered[H3680] him with sackcloth[H8242], and sat[H3427] in ashes[H665].
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And he caused it to be proclaimed[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] any thing[H3972]: let them not feed[H7462], nor drink[H8354]water[H4325]:
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But let man[H120] and beast[H929] be covered[H3680] with sackcloth[H8242], and 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 their hands[H3709].
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Who can tell[H3045] if God[H430] will turn[H7725] and repent[H5162], and turn[H7725]away[H7725] from his fierce[H2740]anger[H639], that we perish[H6] not?
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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], that he had said[H1696] that he would do[H6213] unto them; and he did[H6213] it not.