"I'm a Hebrew," he replied, "and I'm afraid of the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea along with the dry land!"

Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs.

Who knows but that God may relent, have compassion, and turn from his fierce anger, so that we are not exterminated?"

So why shouldn't I be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 human beings who do not know their right hand from their left, as well as a lot of livestock?