Jonah 3:7-9

Revised Geneva Translation

⁷ And he proclaimed and said through Nineveh, (by the counsel of the king and his nobles) saying, “Let neither man nor beast, bullock nor sheep, taste anything nor feed nor drink water.

⁸ “But let man and beast put on sackcloth and cry mightily to God. Indeed, let every man turn from his evil way, and from the wickedness that is in their hands.

⁹ “Who can tell if God will turn and have compassion and turn away from His fierce wrath, so that we do not perish?”