So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, took the army tents down. Then he left. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

亚述王西拿基立就拔营回去，住在尼尼微。

亚述王西拿基立就拔营回去，住在尼尼微。

亚述王西拿基立就拔营回去，住在尼尼微。

亚述王西拿基立便拔营回国，住在尼尼微。

于是亚述王西拿基立拔营离开，回去住在尼尼微。

亞述王西拿基立就拔營回去，住在尼尼微。

亞述王西拿基立就拔營回去，住在尼尼微。

亞述王西拿基立就拔營回去，住在尼尼微。

亞述王西拿基立便拔營回國，住在尼尼微。

於是亞述王西拿基立拔營離開，回去住在尼尼微。

亞述王西拿基立拔了營走，就回去，住在尼尼微。

亞述王西拿基立遂去而返、居於尼尼微、

亞述王西拿基立遂歸尼尼微、

亞述王西拿基立遂返、居於尼尼微、

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.

Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land. He went home to his capital of Nineveh and stayed there.

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.

So Sennacherib the king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh.

“ Go to the great city of Nineveh. Preach against it. The sins of its people have come to my attention.”

By the same way he came he will go home. He will not enter this city,’ announces the Lord.

You roar against me and brag. And I have heard your bragging. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will put my bit in your mouth. And I will make you go home by the same way you came.” ’ ”

Listen! I will send him news from his own country. It will make him want to return home. There I will have him killed by a sword.” ’ ”

“ Go to the great city of Nineveh. Announce to its people the message I give you.”Jonah obeyed the Lord. He went to Nineveh. It was a very large city. In fact, it took about three days to go through it.Jonah began by going one whole day into the city. As he went, he announced,“ In 40 days Nineveh will be destroyed.”The people of Nineveh believed God’s warning. So they decided not to eat any food for a while. And all of them put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. That’s what everyone did, from the least important of them to the most important.Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh. He got up from his throne. He took off his royal robes. He also dressed himself in the clothing of sadness. And then he sat down in the dust.Here is the message he sent out to the people of Nineveh.“ I and my nobles give this order. Don’t let people or animals taste anything. That includes your herds and flocks. People and animals must not eat or drink anything.Let people and animals alike be covered with the clothing of sadness. All of you must call out to God with all your hearts. Stop doing what is evil. Don’t harm others.Who knows? God might take pity on us. He might not be angry with us anymore. Then we won’t die.”God saw what they did. He saw that they stopped doing what was evil. So he took pity on them. He didn’t destroy them as he had said he would.

From that land he went to Assyria. There he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir and Calah.He also built Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Nineveh is the most famous city.

Here is a prophecy the Lord gave Nahum, who was from the town of Elkosh. The prophecy came in a vision and is written in a book. The prophecy is about Nineveh.

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away.“ Stop running away!” someone cries out. But no one turns back.

The men of Nineveh will stand up on judgment day with the people now living. And the Ninevites will prove that these people are guilty. The men of Nineveh turned away from their sins when Jonah preached to them. And now something more important than Jonah is here.