5And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
6When 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.
7Then 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.
8Furthermore, 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.
9Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
10When God saw their actions — that they had turned from their evil ways — He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
1Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion — One who relents from sending disaster.
3And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
— Jonah 3:5-4:4

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