5And the people of Nineveh believed God, and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them down to the least of them. 6For word of God came to the ears of king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid his robe aside, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7And he issued the following proclamation to be published through Nineveh by decree of the king and his nobles: “Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink: 8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry urgently to God; yea, let them everyone turn from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. 9Who knows? God may yet relent, and with compassion, turn from His fierce anger, that we will not perish” 10And when God saw what they did - that they turned from their evil ways - He indeed relented and did not bring upon them what He had threatened to do to them.