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Jonah 3:7

וַיַּזְעֵק וַיֹּאמֶר בְּנִֽינְוֵה מִטַּעַם הַמֶּלֶךְ וּגְדֹלָיו לֵאמֹר הָאָדָם וְהַבְּהֵמָה הַבָּקָר וְהַצֹּאן אַֽל ־ יִטְעֲמוּ מְאוּמָה אַל ־ יִרְעוּ וּמַיִם אַל ־ יִשְׁתּֽוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

6וַיִּגַּע הַדָּבָר אֶל ־ מֶלֶך נִֽינְוֵה וַיָּקָם מִכִּסְאוֹ וַיַּעֲבֵר אַדַּרְתּוֹ מֵֽעָלָיו וַיְכַס שַׂק וַיֵּשֶׁב עַל ־ הָאֵֽפֶר ׃

8וְיִתְכַּסּוּ שַׂקִּים הָֽאָדָם וְהַבְּהֵמָה וְיִקְרְאוּ אֶל ־ אֱלֹהִים בְּחָזְקָה וְיָשֻׁבוּ אִישׁ מִדַּרְכּוֹ הָֽרָעָה וּמִן ־ הֶחָמָס אֲשֶׁר בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם ׃

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:3וַיִּרָא וַיִּתֵּן יְהוֹשָׁפָט אֶת ־ פָּנָיו לִדְרוֹשׁ לַיהוָה וַיִּקְרָא ־ צוֹם עַל ־ כָּל ־ יְהוּדָֽה ׃

Joel 1:18מַה ־ נֶּאֶנְחָה בְהֵמָה נָבֹכוּ עֶדְרֵי בָקָר כִּי אֵין מִרְעֶה לָהֶם גַּם ־ עֶדְרֵי הַצֹּאן נֶאְשָֽׁמוּ ׃

Jonah 3:5וַֽיַּאֲמִינוּ אַנְשֵׁי נִֽינְוֵה בֵּֽאלֹהִים וַיִּקְרְאוּ ־ צוֹם וַיִּלְבְּשׁוּ שַׂקִּים מִגְּדוֹלָם וְעַד ־ קְטַנָּֽם ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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