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So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. (Jonah 3:5)

Sackcloth.

A coarse dark material woven from goat’s hair and worn in times of mourning and calamity (see Dan. 9:3; Matt. 11:21; Luke 10:13).

Believed God.

Or, “believed in God.” On the possible background, interpreted by some as contributing to the success of Jonah’s preaching, see pp. 995, 996.