1The word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,

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Jonah 1:1, Jonah 1:1, John 21:15, John 21:17, John 21:15

2"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I give you."

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Ezekiel 2:7, Jeremiah 1:17, Ezekiel 2:7, Jeremiah 1:17, Jonah 1:2

3So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.

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Genesis 22:3, Psalms 80:10, Matthew 21:28, Matthew 21:29, Genesis 22:3

4Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"

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Deuteronomy 18:22, Deuteronomy 18:22, Jeremiah 18:7, Jeremiah 18:10, Jeremiah 18:7

5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

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Luke 11:32, Luke 11:32, Matthew 12:41, Matthew 12:41, Daniel 9:3

6The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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James 4:6, James 4:10, Esther 4:1, Esther 4:4, James 4:6

7He 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;

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2 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Jonah 3:5, Joel 1:18, Joel 2:15

8but 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.

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Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Jonah 1:6, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7

9Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"

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2 Samuel 12:22, 2 Samuel 12:22, Joel 2:13, Joel 2:14, Joel 2:13

10God 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 did not do it.

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Jeremiah 18:8, Jeremiah 18:8, Luke 15:20, 1 Kings 21:27, 1 Kings 21:29