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So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh just as the word of the Lord had commanded. Now Nineveh was a great city to God. It required a three-day walk.[a] Jonah walked through the city for a day, and he called out, “Forty more days and Nineveh is going to be overthrown!”

Nineveh Repents

The men of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:3 This apparently means it would take Jonah three days to preach throughout the various sections of the city, but the meaning is uncertain.