Jonah 3:10

God Shows Compassion

Jonah 3:10
Showing verse 10 with surrounding context.
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He then had this proclamation made throughout Ninveh: "By decree of the king and his nobles, no person or animal, herd or flock, is to put anything in his mouth; they are neither to eat nor drink water.
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They must be covered with sackcloth, both people and animals; and they are to cry out to God with all their might - let each of them turn from his evil way and from the violence they practice.
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Who knows? Maybe God will change his mind, relent and turn from his fierce anger; and then we won't perish."
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When God saw by their deeds that they had turned from their evil way, he relented and did not bring on them the punishment he had threatened.
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