cry: Jonah 1:6, Jonah 1:14; Psalms 130:1-2
let: Isaiah 1:16-19, Isaiah 55:6-7, Isaiah 58:6; Ezekiel 18:21-24, Ezekiel 18:27-28, Ezekiel 18:30-32, Ezekiel 33:11; Daniel 4:27; Matthew 3:8; Acts 3:19, Acts 26:20
the violence: Isaiah 59:6
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Jonah 3:8
Jonah 3:8
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