Reading for September 26th

Read Jonah 3.1-10 The Ninevites repent and are saved.
An irony that underlies the response of the people of Nineveh to Jonah's preaching is that,
while the people of Israel and Judah seldom respond to their own prophets by repenting
(Hos 9.7; Am 4.6-12), these wicked enemies repent immediately.
In verse 6 sackcloth and ashes are traditional signs of mourning and repentance (Joel 1.13; Isa 58.5).
In verses 7-8 by including Nineveh's animals in the rituals of fasting, wearing sackcloth,
and praying to God, the narrator emphasized through humor and irony Nineveh's total
response to Jonah's preaching.
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