English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jonah Book, chapter 3, verse 9 in Asv Version

Jonah 3 : 1 (ASV)

And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

Jonah 3 : 2 (ASV)

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

Jonah 3 : 3 (ASV)

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

Jonah 3 : 4 (ASV)

And Jonah began to enter into the city a days journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

Jonah 3 : 5 (ASV)

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.

Jonah 3 : 6 (ASV)

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.

Jonah 3 : 7 (ASV)

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;

Jonah 3 : 8 (ASV)

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.

Jonah 3 : 9 (ASV)

Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Jonah 3 : 10 (ASV)

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.