Jonah 3:8

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Summary

But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

Let

The violence

Isaiah 59:6

General references

Genesis 37:34

Acts 9:9

Bible References

Let

"Wash yourselves, and make yourselves clean; remove your evil behavior from my presence; stop practicing what is evil.

"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.

Isn't this the fast that I have been choosing: to loose the bonds of injustice, and to untie the cords of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?

But if the wicked person turns from all his sins, which he did and keeps my statutes, then he'll live. He won't die.

"Tell them, "As certainly as I'm alive and living,' declares the Lord GOD, "I receive no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Instead, my pleasure is that the wicked repent from their behavior and live. Turn back! Turn back, all of you, from your wicked behavior! Why do you have to die, you house of Israel?'"

Therefore, your majesty, may my advice be acceptable to you: Stop your sinning, do what's right, and put a stop to your wickedness by showing kindness to the oppressed. Perhaps your tranquility will continue."

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance!

Therefore, repent and turn to him to have your sins blotted out,

Instead, I first told the people in Damascus and Jerusalem, then all the people in Judea and after that the gentiles to repent, turn to God, and perform deeds that are consistent with such repentance.

The violence

Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.

General references

So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.

For three days he couldn't see, and he didn't eat or drink anything.