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The king’s decree said that man and beast, herd and flock, should not taste anything and should be covered with sackcloth Jonah 3:7–8. The decree presents this as part of a citywide act of humbling and urgency Jonah 3:8–9.
7He 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;
8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and animal, and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
9Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"