Jonah 3 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And the word of יהוה  came to Yonah the second time, saying,

² “Arise, go to Ninewĕ

³ And Yonah arose and went to Ninewĕ

⁴ And Yonah began to go in to the city on the first day’s walk. And he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Ninewĕ

⁵ And the men of Ninewĕ

⁶ And the word reached the sovereign of Ninewĕ

⁷ And he proclaimed and said throughout Ninewĕ

⁸ “But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and call mightily to Elohim. And let each one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

⁹ “Who knows whether Elohim does turn and relent, and shall turn away from the heat of His displeasure, so that we do not perish?”

¹⁰ And Elohim saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And Elohim relented from the evil which He had said He would do to them, and He did not do it.