Jonah 3:5

So the people of Nineveh had emunah in Elohim, and proclaimed a tzom, and put on sackcloth, from their gedolim even to their ketanim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4And Yonah began to enter into the city one dayʼs journey, and he cried out and preached, and said, Yet arba'im yamim (40 days), and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

6For word came unto HaMelech of Nineveh, and he arose from his kisse, and he laid aside his royal robe, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:6And the Bnei Yisroel stripped themselves of their ornamental attire by Mt. Chorev.

2 Chronicles 20:3And Yehoshaphat feared, and set his face to inquire of Hashem, and proclaimed a tzom throughout all Yehudah.

Jeremiah 31:34Thus saith Hashem, 1 which giveth the shemesh for an ohr by day, 1 and the chukkot yarei'ach and chukkot kokhavim for an ohr by night, 1 which stirreth up the sea when the waves thereof roar; 1 Hashem Tzva'os is Shmo: 1

Jeremiah 42:1Then all the army officers, and Yochanan Ben Kareach, and Yezanyah Ben Hoshayah, and kol HaAm from the katon even unto the gadol, came near,

Daniel 9:3And I set my face unto Adonoi HaElohim, to plead by tefillah and tachanunim (supplications), with a tzom, and sackcloth, and ashes;

Joel 2:12Therefore also now, saith Hashem, 1 turn ye back to Me with all your lev, 1 and with tzom, and with weeping, and with mourning; 1

Matthew Henry on Jonah 3:2-5

Jonah's Mission Renewed; The Prophet's Mission to Nineveh. ( b. c. 840.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 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. 4 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. We have here… Read the whole commentary →

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