 | William John Dawson - 1848 - 1186 pages
..."Yet forty days and Nineveh shall he overthrown." "For," says the testimony, "word came unto the king and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe...published through Nineveh (by the decree of the king and nobles,) saying. Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing ; let them not feed nor... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1848 - 684 pages
...into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...from the greatest of them even to the least of them. . . . And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the evil... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pages
...the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him,... | |
 | J. Hyles - 1982 - 260 pages
...wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven. " — Nehemiah 1:4. "So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...the greatest of them even to the least of them"— Jonah 3:5. "And when he hod fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. " —... | |
 | Abba Solomon Eban - 1984 - 376 pages
...personal responsibility opened the door to repentance and communal salvation, as in the Book of Jonah: So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...from the greatest of them even to the least of them. . . . And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil,... | |
 | Lainie Blum Cogan, Judy Weiss - 2002 - 662 pages
...and to walk humbly with your God." (Micah 6:8) • "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 3:5) • "Let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." (Amos 5:24)... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 pages
...the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...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,... | |
 | Avi Erlich - 2010 - 298 pages
...in Nineveh, which now — and only now — can be given law and literature and the civilized arts: So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed...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,... | |
 | Gail Twersky Reimer, Judith A. Kates - 1997 - 372 pages
...'Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.' '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. 'And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from... | |
 | Ole Thomsen - 1999 - 314 pages
...them to the least of them. For when word came unto the king of Ninevah, he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth,...he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Ninevah...: let neither man nor beast taste anything; let them not feed nor drink water; but let man... | |
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For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles,... 
