Jonah 3:7

And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh , By the decree of the king and his nobles : Let neither man nor beast , herd nor flock , taste anything . Let them not feed or drink water ,

This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.

And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water :