The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Jonah 3

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Nevi'im — the Prophets

Jonah chapter 3 — part of the Nevi'im — the Prophets in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “And the word of HaShem came unto Jonah the second time, saying:” — the complete text of all 10 verses is below, free to read online.

1And the word of HaShem came unto Jonah the second time, saying:

2'Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and make unto it the proclamation that I bid thee.'

3So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of HaShem. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.

4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he proclaimed, and said: 'Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.'

5And the people of Nineveh believed G-d; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

6And 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.

7And he caused it 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;

8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto G-d; yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

9Who knoweth whether G-d will not turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?'

10And G-d saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and G-d repented of the evil, which He said He would do unto them; and He did it not.

10 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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