Jonah 3:9 meaning and explanation
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
Jonah 3:9, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words of the king of Nineveh, a pagan ruler who has just heard Jonah's blunt warning that the city will be overturned in forty days. His decree calls on people and animals alike to fast and wear sackcloth, and verse 9 gives his reasoning: perhaps God will change course.
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