Jonah 3:6

"The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least."

Key Reflection

The people of Nineveh's quick repentance demonstrated genuine faith in God's power and mercy, as evidenced by their immediate actions of fasting and donning sackcloth, showing a sincere commitment to humble themselves before Him. This swift response highlighted the transformative power of divine revelation, even among those who previously might have been resistant or indifferent.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

For word came -, rather, “And the matter came,” i. e., the “whole account,” as we say. “The word, word,” throughout Holy Scripture, as in so many languages stands for that which is reported of. “The whole account,” namely, how this stranger, in strange austere attire, had come, what had happened to him before he came, how he preached, how the people had believed him, what they had done, as had just been related, “came to the king.” The form of words implies that what Jonah relates in this verse took place after what had been mentioned before. People are slow to carry to sovereigns matters of distress, in which they cannot help.

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