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Jonah 3 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:1 - And the word of the Lord came to Jonas the second time, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:2 - Rise, go to Nineve, the great city, and preach in it according to the former preaching which I spoke to thee of.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:3 - And Jonas arose, and went to Nineve, as the Lord had spoken. Now Nineve was [fn]an exceeding great city, of about three days' journey.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:4 - And Jonas began to enter into the city about a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said, Yet three days, and Nineve shall be overthrown.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king and by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste any thing, nor feed, nor drink water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:9 - Who knows if God will repent, and turn from his fierce anger, and so we shall not perish?
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:10 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did it not.
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Lit. a great city to God. Acts 7:20.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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