 | Family Sanctuary, Family sanctuary - 1838 - 598 pages
...abstinence and humiliation. " That God might turn away his fierce wrath, that they might not perish. And God repented of the evil that he said he would do unto them, and he did it not." Fasts were also employed, when guidance and direction were to be implored from on high, for God's church... | |
 | Johann August W. Neander - 1838 - 462 pages
...fasting? their wearing of sackcloth ? No ! having passed over all these things in silence, he added : ' that they turned from their evil way, and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them.' Ye see that fasting rescued them not from peril, but that a change... | |
 | William Paley - 1838 - 562 pages
...things still more so — peace with one another, and peace with God. XV. FAST-DAY. JONAH in. 10. " And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, and God repented him of the evil that he said he would do unto them, and he did it not." BEFORE we proceed with the... | |
 | Ian Balfour - 2002 - 372 pages
...sackcloth and ashes, and his people followed suit by repenting their misdeeds, with this result: "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did k not" (3.1o). 6 Instead of rejoicing at Nineveh's... | |
 | George Francis Rayner Ellis - 2002 - 412 pages
...must die as individuals: Why then should we care if all are doomed to die to7. Jon. 3:10-4:1: "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. But it displeased lc n i. ih exceedingly, and... | |
 | James Shane - 2002 - 710 pages
...his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes... 10 And God saw their works that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. Jonah. 3:5, 6, 10 The "Northern Kingdom" of... | |
 | Janet Howe Gaines - 2003 - 193 pages
...out" (Jonah 3:10). The more literal 1917 JPS translation says, "And God repented of the evil, which He said he would do unto them; and He did it not." Whether the Hebrew DTO is translated as "renounce" or "repent," the message is clear. In this case... | |
 | Religious tract society - 424 pages
...help them to subdue evil in this evil world. And God despised not the prayer of the Ninevites. " He saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the evil, that he said that he would do unto them; and he did it not." " But it displeased Jonah " that God spared Nineveh.... | |
 | Ken Zieverink - 2004 - 174 pages
...are never as bad as your worst day. 41) Do you believe that God can change His mind? Let's see. "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not." 42) Revival in society is changed from the... | |
 | H. A. Ironside - 2004 - 322 pages
...accountable for his blood. And so, too, these Ninevites address their petitions to Elohim. As a result, "God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said he would do unto them; and he did it not" (v. 10). Would anyone find a difficulty here? Let... | |
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And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. 
