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And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
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Next, GOD spoke to Jonah a second time:
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:
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Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
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Then the LORD spoke to Jonah a second time:
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Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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"Up on your feet and on your way to the big city of Nineveh! Preach to them. They're in a bad way and I can't ignore it any longer."
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"Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you."
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"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you."
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"Get up and go to the great city of Nineveh, and deliver the message of judgment I have given you."
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So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
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This time Jonah started off straight for Nineveh, obeying GOD's orders to the letter. Nineveh was a big city, very big--it took three days to walk across it.
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Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city-a visit required three days.
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So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.
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This time Jonah obeyed the LORD's command and went to Nineveh, a city so large that it took three days to see it all.
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And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
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Jonah entered the city, went one day's walk and preached, "In forty days Nineveh will be smashed."
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On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned."
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And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"
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On the day Jonah entered the city, he shouted to the crowds: "Forty days from now Nineveh will be destroyed!"
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So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
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The people of Nineveh listened, and trusted God. They proclaimed a citywide fast and dressed in burlap to show their repentance. Everyone did it--rich and poor, famous and obscure, leaders and followers.
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The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.
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So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
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The people of Nineveh believed God's message, and from the greatest to the least, they decided to go without food and wear sackcloth to show their sorrow.
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For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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When the message reached the king of Nineveh, he got up off his throne, threw down his royal robes, dressed in burlap, and sat down in the dirt.
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When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.
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Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
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When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in sackcloth and sat on a heap of ashes.
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And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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Then he issued a public proclamation throughout Nineveh, authorized by him and his leaders: "Not one drop of water, not one bite of food for man, woman, or animal, including your herds and flocks!
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Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.
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And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
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Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city: "No one, not even the animals, may eat or drink anything at all.
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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
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Dress them all, both people and animals, in burlap, and send up a cry for help to God. Everyone must turn around, turn back from an evil life and the violent ways that stain their hands.
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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.
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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
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Everyone is required to wear sackcloth and pray earnestly to God. Everyone must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence.
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Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
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Who knows? Maybe God will turn around and change his mind about us, quit being angry with us and let us live!"
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Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."
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Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
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Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will have pity on us and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us."
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And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
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God saw what they had done, that they had turned away from their evil lives. He did change his mind about them. What he said he would do to them he didn't do.
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When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.
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Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
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When God saw that they had put a stop to their evil ways, he had mercy on them and didn't carry out the destruction he had threatened.
