Jonah 3:5 meaning and explanation
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
Jonah 3:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Jonah has just preached his five-word message of judgment in Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, and the response is immediate and citywide. The Hebrew says the Ninevites believed God, not merely the prophet, and the whole population from greatest to least joins in fasting and sackcloth, the customary signs of mourning and repentance.
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