Jonah 3:7

Modern English Version

Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh: “By decree of the king and his nobles: No man or animal, no herd or flock, shall taste anything. They shall not eat or drink water.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:3

Then Jehoshaphat was fearful and set himself to seek the Lord, and he called for a fast throughout all Judah.

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a good route for us, our little ones, and all our substance.

Joel 1:18

How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are confused, because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep suffer.

Jonah 3:5

So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast. And everyone, great and small, put on sackcloth.