וַֽיַּאֲמִ֛ינוּ אַנְשֵׁ֥י נִֽינְוֵ֖ה בֵּֽאלֹהִ֑ים וַיִּקְרְאוּ־צוֹם֙ וַיִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים מִגְּדוֹלָ֖ם וְעַד־קְטַנָּֽם׃
Sumampalataya sa Diyos ang mga taga-Nineve; nagpahayag sila ng pag-aayuno at nagsuot ng sako, mula sa pinakadakila sa kanila hanggang sa pinakamaliit sa kanila.
Duties of the Heart
Among them, that which the people of Nineveh did, when they heard what the Creator decreed on them, as written: "So the people of Nineveh believed in G-d, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them" (Yona 3:5), and similarly what our fathers did in the days of Haman, as written: "And in every province, where the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes" (Esther 4:3), and many like this in our books, when you investigate it, you will find it scattered frequently in the words of our ancestors.