Jonah 3: 1
- 10
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah the
second time, saying, |
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"Arise, go to Nin'eveh, that great city, and
proclaim to it the message that I tell you." |
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So Jonah arose and went to Nin'eveh,
according to the word of the LORD. Now Nin'eveh was an exceedingly great city,
three days' journey in breadth. |
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Jonah began to go into the city, going a
day's journey. And he cried, "Yet forty days, and Nin'eveh shall be
overthrown!" |
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And the people of Nin'eveh believed God;
they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the
least of them. |
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Then tidings reached the king of Nin'eveh,
and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with
sackcloth, and sat in ashes. |
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And he made proclamation and published
through Nin'eveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor
beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, or drink water,
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but let man and beast be covered with
sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his
evil way and from the violence which is in his hands. |
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Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from
his fierce anger, so that we perish not?" |
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When God saw what they did, how they turned
from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to
them; and he did not do it.
Psalms 51:
3 - 4, 12 - 13, 18 - 19
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For I know my transgressions, and my sin is
ever before me. |
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Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and
done that which is evil in thy sight, so that thou art justified in thy sentence
and blameless in thy judgment. |
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Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and
uphold me with a willing spirit. |
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Then I will teach transgressors thy ways,
and sinners will return to thee. |
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Do good to Zion in thy good pleasure;
rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, |
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then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy
altar. |
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