Jonah 3
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Jonah 3:5-7

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

6When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

7He issued a proclamation and said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, cattle or sheep, is to taste anything; they must not eat and they must not drink water.

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