Jonah 3:3-5
Christian Standard Bible
3 Jonah got up and went to Nineveh according to the Lord’s command.
Now Nineveh was an extremely great city,[a](A) a three-day walk. 4 Jonah set out on the first day of his walk in the city and proclaimed,(B) “In forty days Nineveh will be demolished!” 5 Then the people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast(C) and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.
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- 3:3 Or was a great city to God
Jonah 3:3-5
English Standard Version
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now (A)Nineveh was an exceedingly great city,[a] three days' journey in breadth.[b] 4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 (B)And the people of Nineveh believed God. (C)They called for a fast and (D)put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
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