Jonah 3:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he had this proclaimed throughout Nineveh: “By decree of the king and his nobles, no man or beast, no cattle or sheep, shall taste anything; they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:3

Frightened, Jehoshaphat resolved to consult the Lord. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Jonah 3:5

the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.

Joel 1:18

How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered! Because they have no pasture, even the flocks of sheep are starving.

Ezra 8:21

Then I proclaimed a fast, there by the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from him a safe journey for ourselves, our children, and all our possessions.