Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the word came to the king of Ninive: and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed in sackcloth, and sat in ashes. caused. Jonah 3:5 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed. 2 Chronicles 20:3 And Josaphat being seized with fear betook himself wholly to pray to the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Juda. Ezra 8:21 And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance. Joel 2:15,16 Blow the trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, . . . published. Joel 1:18 Why did the beasts groan, why did the herds of cattle low? because there is no pasture for them: yea, and the flocks of sheep are perished. Romans 8:20-22 For the creature was made subject to vanity: not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope. . . . Context Nineveh Repents…6And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. 7And the word came to the king of Ninive: and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.8And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen, nor sheep taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 20:3 And Josaphat being seized with fear betook himself wholly to pray to the Lord, and he proclaimed a fast for all Juda. Ezra 8:21 And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance. Jonah 3:5 And Jonah began to enter into the city one day's journey: and he cried and said: Yet forty days and Ninive shall be destroyed. Lexicon Then he issued a proclamationוַיַּזְעֵ֗ק (way·yaz·‘êq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly in Nineveh: בְּנִֽינְוֵ֔ה (bə·nî·nə·wêh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5210: Nineveh -- capital of Assyr “By the decree מִטַּ֧עַם (miṭ·ṭa·‘am) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate of the king הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king and his nobles: וּגְדֹלָ֖יו (ū·ḡə·ḏō·lāw) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent Let no אַֽל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not man הָאָדָ֨ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being or beast, וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה (wə·hab·bə·hê·māh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal herd הַבָּקָ֣ר (hab·bā·qār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1241: Beef cattle, ox, a herd or flock, וְהַצֹּ֗אן (wə·haṣ·ṣōn) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock taste יִטְעֲמוּ֙ (yiṭ·‘ă·mū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2938: To taste, to perceive anything at all. מְא֔וּמָה (mə·’ū·māh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3972: A speck, point, nothing They must not אַ֨ל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not eat יִרְע֔וּ (yir·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7462: To tend a, flock, pasture it, in, to graze, to rule, to associate with or drink. יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃ (yiš·tū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe Additional Translations Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; And proclamation was made, and it was commanded in Nineve by the king an by his great men, saying, Let not men, or cattle, or oxen, or sheep, taste any thing, nor feed, nor drink water. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water; And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: He made a proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, "Let neither man nor animal, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water; and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, 'Man and beast, herd and flock -- let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink; Jump to Previous Animal Beast Caused Decree Drink Feed Flock Herd Issued Nineveh Nobles Proclaimed Proclamation Published Taste WaterJump to Next Animal Beast Caused Decree Drink Feed Flock Herd Issued Nineveh Nobles Proclaimed Proclamation Published Taste WaterExternal Links Jonah 3:7 NIVJonah 3:7 NLT Jonah 3:7 ESV Jonah 3:7 NASB Jonah 3:7 ASV Jonah 3:7 Bible Apps Jonah 3:7 Biblia Paralela Jonah 3:7 Chinese Bible Jonah 3:7 French Bible Jonah 3:7 German Bible Alphabetical: a and any anything beast By decree Do drink eat flock he herd his in issued it king let man Nineveh nobles not of or proclamation said taste the them Then thing water OT Prophets: Jonah 3:7 He made a proclamation and published through (Jon. 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