Jonah 3:8
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto Elohim: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that in their hands.
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6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused to be proclaimed and 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, nor drink water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto Elohim: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that in their hands.
9 Who can tell Elohim will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And Elohim saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and Elohim repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did not.