Jonah 3:6

Nineveh's king heard the news about Jonah and what the people were doing. So, he took off his royal robes, and he also put on old/rough clothes. He left his palace, and sat down on cold ashes, to humble himself and show that he also was sorry for having sinned.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5The people in Nineveh believed God's message. They all decided that everyone should stop eating food, and they must dress themselves with old/rough clothes, to show that they were sorry for having sinned. So, everyone, including important people and unimportant people, did so. stop eating food OR fast OR abstain from food

7Then he sent messengers to proclaim to everyone in Nineveh: "My advisors and I have decreed that no one may eat or drink anything. Do not even allow your animals to eat or drink.

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Matthew Henry on Jonah 3:6-10

Nineveh's Repentance. ( b. c. 840.) 5 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. 6 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. 7 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… Read the whole commentary →

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