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[1] Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the second time, saying, [2] “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.” [3] So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh’s word. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days’ journey across. [4] Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried out, and said, “In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!” [5] The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least. [6] The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. [7] He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, “Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; [8] but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. [9] Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?” [10] God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn’t do it.
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The Prophet’s Obedience

[1] And the word H1697 of the Lord H3068 came unto Jonah H3124 the second H8145 time, saying, H559 [2] Arise, H6965 go H3212 unto H413 Nineveh, H5210 that great H1419 city, H5892 and preach H7121 H853 unto H413 it the preaching H7150 that I bid H1696 thee. [3] So Jonah H3124 arose, H6965 and went H3212 unto H413 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 [4] And Jonah H3124 began H2490 to enter H935 into the city H5892 a H259 day’s H3117 journey, H4109 and he cried, H7121 and said, H559 Yet forty H705 days, H3117 and Nineveh H5210 shall be overthrown. H2015 [5] 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. [6] For word H1697 came H5060 unto H413 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 [7] 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 [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 H4480 his evil H7451 way, H1870 and from the violence H2555 that is in their hands. H3709 [9] Who can tell H3045 if God H430 will turn H7725 and repent, H5162 and turn away H7725 from his fierce H2740 anger, H639 that we perish H6 not? [10] And God H430 saw H7200 H853 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.

Footnotes

  1. § 3:3 Heb. of God
  2. § 3:7a Heb. said
  3. § 3:7b Heb. great men
Septuaginta
[1] Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 λόγος G3056 κυρίου G2962 πρὸς G4314 Ιωναν G2495 ἐκ G1537 δευτέρου G1208 λέγων G3004 [2] Ἀνάστηθι G450 καὶ G2532 πορεύθητι G4198 εἰς G1519 Νινευη G3535 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 τὴν G3588 μεγάλην G3173 καὶ G2532 κήρυξον G2784 ἐν G1722 αὐτῇ G846 κατὰ G2596 τὸ G3588 κήρυγμα G2782 τὸ G3588 ἔμπροσθεν, G1715 ὃ G3739 ἐγὼ G1473 ἐλάλησα G2980 πρὸς G4314 σέ. G4571 [3] Καὶ G2532 ἀνέστη G450 Ιωνας G2495 καὶ G2532 ἐπορεύθη G4198 εἰς G1519 Νινευη, G3535 καθὼς G2531 ἐλάλησεν G2980 κύριος· G2962 ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 Νινευη G3535 ἦν G2258 πόλις G4172 μεγάλη G3173 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 ὡσεὶ G5616 πορείας G4197 ὁδοῦ G3598 ἡμερῶν G2250 τριῶν. G5140 [4] Καὶ G2532 ἤρξατο G757 Ιωνας G2495 τοῦ G3588 εἰσελθεῖν G1525 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 πόλιν G4172 ὡσεὶ G5616 πορείαν G4197 ἡμέρας G2250 μιᾶς G3391 καὶ G2532 ἐκήρυξεν G2784 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ἔτι G2089 τρεῖς G5140 ἡμέραι G2250 καὶ G2532 Νινευη G3535 καταστραφήσεται. G2690 [5] Καὶ G2532 ἐνεπίστευσαν οἱ G3588 ἄνδρες G435 Νινευη G3535 τῷ G3588 θεῷ G2316 καὶ G2532 ἐκήρυξαν G2784 νηστείαν G3521 καὶ G2532 ἐνεδύσαντο G1746 σάκκους G4526 ἀπὸ G575 μεγάλου G3173 αὐτῶν G846 ἕως G2193 μικροῦ G3398 αὐτῶν. G846 [6] Καὶ G2532 ἤγγισεν G1448 ὁ G3588 λόγος G3056 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 τῆς G3588 Νινευη, G3535 καὶ G2532 ἐξανέστη G1817 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 θρόνου G2362 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 περιείλατο G4014 τὴν G3588 στολὴν G4749 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀφ’ G575 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 καὶ G2532 περιεβάλετο G4016 σάκκον G4526 καὶ G2532 ἐκάθισεν G2523 ἐπὶ G1909 σποδοῦ. G4700 [7] Καὶ G2532 ἐκηρύχθη G2784 καὶ G2532 ἐρρέθη G4483 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 Νινευη G3535 παρὰ G3844 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 καὶ G2532 παρὰ G3844 τῶν G3588 μεγιστάνων G3175 αὐτοῦ G846 λέγων G3004 Οἱ G3588 ἄνθρωποι G444 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 κτήνη G2934 καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 βόες G1016 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 πρόβατα G4263 μὴ G3361 γευσάσθωσαν G1089 μηδὲν G3367 μηδὲ G3366 νεμέσθωσαν μηδὲ G3366 ὕδωρ G5204 πιέτωσαν. G4095 [8] Καὶ G2532 περιεβάλοντο G4016 σάκκους G4526 οἱ G3588 ἄνθρωποι G444 καὶ G2532 τὰ G3588 κτήνη, G2934 καὶ G2532 ἀνεβόησαν G310 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 θεὸν G2316 ἐκτενῶς· G1619 καὶ G2532 ἀπέστρεψαν G654 ἕκαστος G1538 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 ὁδοῦ G3598 αὐτοῦ G846 τῆς G3588 πονηρᾶς G4190 καὶ G2532 ἀπὸ G575 τῆς G3588 ἀδικίας G93 τῆς G3588 ἐν G1722 χερσὶν G5495 αὐτῶν G846 λέγοντες G3004 [9] Τίς G5101 οἶδεν G1492 εἰ G1487 μετανοήσει G3340 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 καὶ G2532 ἀποστρέψει G654 ἐξ G1537 ὀργῆς G3709 θυμοῦ G2372 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 ἀπολώμεθα; G622 [10] Καὶ G2532 εἶδεν G1492 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 τὰ G3588 ἔργα G2041 αὐτῶν, G846 ὅτι G3754 ἀπέστρεψαν G654 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 ὁδῶν G3598 αὐτῶν G846 τῶν G3588 πονηρῶν, G4190 καὶ G2532 μετενόησεν G3340 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ἐπὶ G1909 τῇ G3588 κακίᾳ, G2549 ᾗ G3739 ἐλάλησεν G2980 τοῦ G3588 ποιῆσαι G4160 αὐτοῖς, G846 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐποίησεν. G4160
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament