“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:”
The proclamation by the king and his nobles that no person or animal should eat or drink or taste grass and that all should be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily to God indicates a comprehensive fast including all creatures. The universal scope suggests the totality of the repentance.
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