Jonah’s efforts met with a remarkable response: “The men of Nineveh began to put faith in God, and they proceeded to proclaim a fast and to put on sackcloth, from the greatest one of them even to the least one of them. ”
( યૂના ૩: ૫) આથી, યહોવાહે એ શહેરનો નાશ કર્યો નહિ.