...in the 'Popular interpretation' section below. King of Nineveh's faithfully recited biblical lines: 'Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn...away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?', he simply shrugs: 'Who can tell? But if you ask my opinion, I don't think so. Otherwise he doesn't...

...if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish.' Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it." (Jonah...

...herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let...way, and from the violence that is in their hands (Jonah 3:5-8). had committed horrible atrocities against their captured enemies, were so greatly changed...

...drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God [Elohim] : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands (3:7-8). What an astonishing demonstration of national repentance! Several times during the dark days...

...Let man and beast be covered with sack cloth and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways" (Jonah 3: 5-8, 10). This was a remarkable...

...nor drink mayim; | 8 | But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto Elohim; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the chamas that is in their hands. | 9 | Who can tell if HaElohim will turn and relent, and turn away from...

...scripture does not say of the people of Nineveh, 'and God saw their sackcloth and their fasting,' but, 'and God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way' (Jonah 3:10); and in the prophets it is said, 'and rend your heart and not your garments'" (Joel 2:13).n...

...herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let...turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? (w. 5-9) It is an open question if all of the annals of revival history could furnish a scene to parallel...

...herd nor flock, taste any thing, let them not feed, nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let...way, and from the violence that is in their hands (Jonah 3:4-8 KJV). God, it seems, requires obedience from the highest members of the household (man),...

...coming judgment and destruction. In that case, the king had commanded that the people repent, saying, "Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?" (Jonah 3:9). Of course, with their repentance, the people of Ninevah were saved. Even the fiery judgment...