Jonah 3:6-10 - The King's Proclamation
6 And the tidings came unto the king of Nineveh, which arose out of his seat, and did his apparel off and put on sackcloth, and sat him down in ashes. 7 And it was cried and commanded in Nineveh by the authority of the king and of his lords, saying, "See that neither man or beast, ox or sheep taste ought at all, and that they neither feed or drink water." 8 And they put on sackcloth both man and beast, and cried unto God mightily, and turned every man from his wicked way, and from doing wrong in which they were accustomed, saying, 9 "Who can tell whether God will turn and repent, and cease from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?"
10 And when God saw their works, how they turned from their wicked ways, he repented on the evil which he said he would do unto them, and did it not.