3:1 And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 
3:1 And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 

3:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid thee. 
3:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid thee. 

3:3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 
3:3 So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. 

3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 
3:4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 

3:5 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. 
3:5 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. 

3:6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered {himself} with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 
3:6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered {himself} with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 

3:7 And 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: 
3:7 And he caused {it} to be proclaimed and declared 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: 

3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that {is} in their hands. 
3:8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that {is} in their hands. 

3:9 Who can tell {if} God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 
3:9 Who can tell {if} God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 

3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did {it} not. 
3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did {it} not.