Jonah 3:6-10 - The King's Proclamation
6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth,
By order of the king and his nobles: No man or beast, herd or flock, is to taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink water. 8 Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God.
10 Then God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways