⁵ All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.^(A)

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

⁶ The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call^(A) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”^(B)

⁹ He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord,^(A) the God of heaven,^(B) who made the sea^(C) and the dry land.^(D)”

¹⁴ Then they cried out to the Lord, “Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man,^(A) for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.”^(B)

¹⁶ At this the men greatly feared^(A) the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows^(B) to him.

⁴ Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,^(A) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” ⁵ The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.^(B)

⁶ When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.^{(C) 7} This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: