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Jonah 3:5 — So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put…
“So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”
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The verses around Jonah 3:5.
3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.
4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Verse explanation
A surprising reaction: the whole city, from the greatest to the least, believes the message and repents in fasting — a success no prophet of Israel ever had historically.
From the Jonah 3 study in Bible in Stories.
Jonah 3:5 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E os homens de Ninive creram em Deus; e proclamaram um jejum, e vestiram-se de sacco, desde o maior até ao menor.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E os homens de Nínive creram em Deus; e convocaram um jejum, e se vestiram de sacos, desde o maior até o menor deles.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Y el pueblo de Nínive creyó en Dios. Anunciaron ayuno, y todos los habitantes, desde el más grande hasta el más pequeño, se vistieron de silicio.
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