{"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/kjv/jonah/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T09:43:17.194Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 the LORD 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 the LORD. 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":"So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered <i>him</i> with sackcloth, and sat in ashes."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And he caused <i>it</i> to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that <i>is</i> in their hands."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Who can tell <i>if</i> God will 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, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did <i>it</i> not."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jonah 3 (KJV)","markdown":"[Jonah 3](https://primebible.com/kjv/jonah/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/jonah/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}