Vino palabra del SEÑOR por segunda vez a Jonás, diciendo: 2 Levántate, ve a Nínive, la gran ciudad^a, y proclama en¹ ella el mensaje que yo te diré^b. 3 Y Jonás se levantó y fue a Nínive conforme a la palabra del SEÑOR. Y Nínive era una ciudad sumamente grande^1a, de un recorrido de tres días. 4 Jonás comenzó a recorrer¹ la ciudad camino de un día, y proclamaba, diciendo^a: Dentro de cuarenta días Nínive será arrasada.

5 Y los habitantes¹ de Nínive creyeron en Dios, y proclamaron ayuno^a y se vistieron de cilicio desde el mayor hasta el menor de ellos. 6 Cuando llegó la noticia al rey de Nínive, se levantó de su trono, se despojó de su manto, se cubrió de cilicio y se sentó sobre ceniza^1a. 7 E hizo proclamar y anunciar en Nínive, por decreto del rey y de sus grandes, diciendo: Ni hombre ni bestia, ni buey ni oveja prueben cosa alguna; no pasten ni beban agua^a, 8 sino cúbranse de cilicio hombres y animales, y clamen a Dios^a con fuerza, y vuélvase cada uno de su mal camino^b y de la violencia que hay en sus manos¹. 9 ¡Quién sabe! Quizá Dios se vuelva, se arrepienta y aparte el ardor de su ira, y no perezcamos^a.

10 Y vio Dios sus acciones, que se habían apartado de su mal camino^a; entonces se arrepintió Dios del mal que había dicho que les haría^b, y no lo hizo.

Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Go to ^aNineveh the great city and ^bdeclare to it the message which I am going to tell you.” 3 So Jonah went to Nineveh in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an ^aexceedingly great city, a ¹three days’ walk about sixty miles in circumference. 4 Then on the first day’s walk, Jonah ¹began to go through the city, and he ^acalled out and said, “Forty days more remain and then Nineveh will be overthrown!”

5 The people of Nineveh believed and trusted in God; and they proclaimed a ^afast and put on sackcloth in penitent mourning, from the greatest even to the least of them. 6 When word reached the king of Nineveh of Jonah’s message from God, he rose from his throne, took off his robe, ^acovered himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust in repentance. 7 He issued a ^aproclamation and it said, “In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No man, animal, herd, or flock is to taste anything. They are not to eat or drink water. 8 But both man and animal must be covered with sackcloth; and every one is to ^acall on God earnestly and forcefully that each may ^bturn from his wicked way and from the violence that is in his hands. 9 ^aWho knows, God may turn in compassion and relent and withdraw His burning anger (judgment) so that we will not perish.” Joel 2:13, 14

10 When God saw their deeds, that they ^aturned from their wicked way, then ^bGod had compassion and relented concerning the disaster which He had declared that He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.