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Jonah Chapter 3 – Nineveh's Repentance
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1 耶和華 的話 二次 臨 到 約拿 說:

2 「你起來!往 尼尼微 大 城 去,向 其中的居民宣告 我 所 吩咐 你 的話。」

3 約拿 便照耶和華 的話 起來,往 尼尼微 去。這尼尼微 是 極 大 的城,有三 日 的路程。

4 約拿 進 城 走了一 日,宣告 說:「再等 四十 日,尼尼微 必傾覆了!」

5 尼尼微 人 信服 神,便宣告 禁食,從最大的 到 至小的 都穿 麻衣(或譯:披上麻布)。

6 這信息 傳 到 尼尼微 王的耳中,他就下 了寶座,脫下 朝服,披上 麻布,坐 在 灰中。

7 他又使人遍告 尼尼微通城,說:「王 和大臣 有令,人 不可 嘗 甚麼,牲畜、牛 羊 不可 吃草,也不可 喝 水。

8 人 與牲畜 都當披上 麻布;人要切切 求告 神。各人 回頭 離開所行的惡 道,丟棄 手 中的強暴。

9 或者 神 轉意 後悔,不發 烈 怒,使我們不 致滅亡,也未可 知。」

10 於是 神 察看 他們的行為, 見他們離開 惡 道,他 就後悔,不 把所 說的 災禍 降 與他們 了。

常见问题

What does Jonah preach when he finally reaches Nineveh?
He proclaims, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown" (v.4), and remarkably the entire city - "from the greatest of them even to the least" - believes God and proclaims a fast (v.5).
What does the king of Nineveh do in response?
He rises from his throne, removes his robe, covers himself with sackcloth, sits in ashes, and decrees that neither people nor animals should eat or drink, and that everyone should turn from evil and violence (v.6-8).
How does Jonah 3 end?
God "saw their works, that they turned from their evil way," and "repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not" (v.10) - the same principle described more generally in Jeremiah 18:8.

The result is immediate and total: from the king on his throne to the least of the people, Nineveh puts on sackcloth and fasts, and "God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way," a pattern discussed in Jeremiah 18:8. Continue to Jonah 4 for Jonah's reaction.