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Passage Lookup: Jonah 3:5-9

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Jonah 3:5
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Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a (C1)fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
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Jonah 3:6
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When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, (C1)covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the (F1)dust.
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Jonah 3:7
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And he issued a (C1)proclamation, and it said, "In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: No person, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat, or drink water.
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Jonah 3:8
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"But every person and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and people are to (C1)call on God vehemently, and they are to (C2)turn, each one from his evil way, and from the violence which is in their hands.
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Jonah 3:9
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"(C1)Who knows, God may turn and relent, and turn from His burning anger so that we will not perish."
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