⁷ and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, 'Man and beast, herd and flock—let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;

⁷ And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water,