Jonah 3:6

When the news of what was happening reached the king of Nineveh he came down from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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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 of Nineveh believed in God. They announced a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

7Then the king and the nobles issued a proclamation throughout Nineveh: “No person, no animal, no herd, and no flock, shall eat or drink anything.

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Cross References

Esther 4:1When Mordecai found out all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and walked through the city, crying and wailing in grief.

Job 2:8Job picked up a piece of broken pottery to scratch himself as he sat in ashes.

Psalms 2:10So then you kings, be wise! Be warned, you rulers of the world!

Jeremiah 13:18Tell the king and the queen mother: Get down from your thrones, because your splendid crowns have fallen from your heads.

Lamentations 3:29They should bow low with their faces to the ground, for there may still be hope.

Daniel 9:3So I turned to the Lord God in prayer. I fasted and wore sackcloth and ashes, and I pleaded with him in prayer to act.

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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