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"The 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."
God's mercy extends even to Israel's enemies, as Jonah reluctantly learns.
Old Testament • Book #32
Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "Yet forty days, and...
Jonah 3:5The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the great...
Jonah 3:7He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, sayin...
Jonah 3:8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, ...
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