{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/jonah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T09:24:00.121Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Jonah","bookSlug":"jonah","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days journey."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jonah 3 (ASV)","markdown":"[Jonah 3](https://primebible.com/asv/jonah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/jonah/3 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}