⁶ Jer kad dođe ta reč do cara ninevijskog, on usta sa svog prestola, i skide sa sebe svoje odelo, i obuče se u kostret i sede u pepeo.

³ Sada Gospode, uzmi dušu moju od mene, jer mi je bolje umreti nego živeti.

⁷ A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make your land desolate, that your cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.

⁸ For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Yahweh hasn't turned back from us.