1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Jonah 3:5 | *And the men of Ninive believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. Matthew 12:41.; Luke 11:32. | God. They were convinced that he had wrought such wonders in the person of Jonas, with a desire of their welfare, particularly as he allowed them some delay. Accordingly they did penance for about forty days, and their conversion was so sincere, that Christ proposes it to his disciples, Matthew 12:41. (Calmet) --- Thus "the city was overturned in its perverse manners." (St. Augustine, City of God 21:24., and Psalm l.) --- They were at an end, and the city was renovated. (Haydock) |