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Jonah · read by Richard Owen Roberts
9 verses, in order. Only the verses Richard read aloud are shown.
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Jonah 3
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This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.Read from NASB1995 · Fasting
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On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!"Read from NASB1995 · Fasting
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And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.Read from ESV · Fasting
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When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.Read from NASB1995 · Fasting
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Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.Read from NASB1995 · Fasting
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Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.Read from NASB1995 · Fasting
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Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish."Read from NASB1995 · Fasting
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When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.Read from NASB1995 · Fasting