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Sackcloth - a Christian perspective
In the Old Testament, wearing sackcloth was a customary way of displaying sorrow and repentance. In this instance, king Ahab repents and puts on sackcloth, and God responds by sparing Israel from disaster.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2021:27ff&version=NIV
Hebrew Jonah and the Big Fish
Hebrew: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/hebrew/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20Hebrew.pdf
French Jonah and the Big Fish
French: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/french/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20French.pdf
Arabic Jonah and the Big Fish
Arabic: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/arabic/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20Arabic.pdf
Spanish Jonah and the Big Fish
Spanish: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/spanish/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20Spanish.pdf
Japanese Jonah and the Big Fish
Japanese: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/japanese/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20Japanese.pdf
Ukrainian Jonah and the Big Fish
Ukrainian: God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh & warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm & Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him & spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/ukrainian/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20Ukrainian.pdf
Jonah and the Big Fish
God tells Jonah to go to Nineveh and warn the people to repent. Jonah sails the other way. God sends a huge storm and Jonah is thrown into the sea. A big fish swallows him and spits him up back where he started. Jonah goes to Nineveh and they repent. Jonah is not happy and is angry with God.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/english/Jonah%20and%20the%20Big%20Fish%20English.pdf