Jonah 3:8

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

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

In Context

7וַיַּזְעֵק וַיֹּאמֶר בְּנִֽינְוֵה מִטַּעַם הַמֶּלֶךְ וּגְדֹלָיו לֵאמֹר הָאָדָם וְהַבְּהֵמָה הַבָּקָר וְהַצֹּאן אַֽל ־ יִטְעֲמוּ מְאוּמָה אַל ־ יִרְעוּ וּמַיִם אַל ־ יִשְׁתּֽוּ ׃

9מִֽי ־ יוֹדֵעַ יָשׁוּב וְנִחַם הָאֱלֹהִים וְשָׁב מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְלֹא נֹאבֵֽד ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 130:1שִׁיר הַֽמַּעֲלוֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְהוָֽה ׃

Isaiah 55:6דִּרְשׁוּ יְהוָה בְּהִמָּצְאוֹ קְרָאֻהוּ בִּֽהְיוֹתוֹ קָרֽוֹב ׃

Isaiah 59:6קֽוּרֵיהֶם לֹא ־ יִהְיוּ לְבֶגֶד וְלֹא יִתְכַּסּוּ בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם מַֽעֲשֵׂי ־ אָוֶן וּפֹעַל חָמָס בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם ׃

Daniel 4:27עָנֵה מַלְכָּא וְאָמַר הֲלָא דָא ־ הִיא בָּבֶל רַבְּתָא דִּֽי ־ אֲנָה בֱנַיְתַהּ לְבֵית מַלְכוּ בִּתְקַף חִסְנִי וְלִיקָר הַדְרִֽי ׃

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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