Rashi on Jonah Chapter 3
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נֶהְפָּכֶת. נֶחֱרֶבֶת. (וְלֹא אָמַר נֶחֱרֶבֶת כִּי נֶהְפָּכֶת מְשַׁמֵּשׁ שְׁתֵּי לְשׁוֹנוֹת, רַע וְטוֹב: אִם לֹא יַעֲשׂוּ תְשׁוּבָה – נֶחֱרֶבֶת, וְאִם יַעֲשׂוּ תְשׁוּבָה – אָז נֶהְפָּכֶת. עַל אַנְשֵׁי נִינְוֵה קָאֵי שֶׁיַּהַפְכוּ מֵרָעָה לְטוֹבָה וְיַעֲשׂוּ תְשׁוּבָה. הג״ה דר״ע):
overturned Destroyed. [He did not say, “Destroyed,” because “overturned” has two meanings, bad and good. If they do not repent, it will be destroyed; if they repent, then “overturned” refers to the people of Nineveh, that they will be changed from bad to good, and they will repent. Gloss of Rabbi Akiva(?)]
אַדַּרְתּוֹ. לְבוּשׁ יְקָרֵיהּ:
his royal robe Heb. אַדַּרְתּוֹ, the cloak of his honor.
וַיַּזְעֵק. צִוָּה וְהִכְרִיז:
And he caused it to be proclaimed Heb. וַיַּזְעֵק, he commanded to proclaim
מִטַּעַם הַמֶּלֶךְ וּגְדוֹלָיו. מֵעֲצַת הַמֶּלֶךְ וּגְדוֹלָיו צִוּוּ לְהַכְרִיז:
By the counsel of the king and his nobles—By the counsel of the king and his nobles, they commanded to announce.
וְיִקְרְאוּ אֶל אֱלֹהִים בְּחָזְקָה. אָסְרוּ אִמָּהוֹת לְבַד וְהַוְּלָדוֹת לְבַד. אָמְרוּ לְפָנָיו: רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אִם אֵין אַתָּה מְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ אֵין אָנוּ מְרַחֲמִים עַל אֵלּוּ:
and they shall call mightily to God—They bound the dams alone and the young alone. They said to Him, “Lord of the world! If You have no pity on us, we will not have pity on these.” [See Taanith 16a]
מִי יוֹדֵעַ. עֲבֵירוֹת שֶׁבְּיָדוֹ יָשׁוּב:
Whoever knows—the sins he has committed, shall repent.
וַיִּנָּחֶם הָאֱלֹהִים. נִתְעַשֵּׁת עַל הָרָעָה לָשׁוּב מִמֶּנָּה:
and God will relent—He will think about the evil to repent of it.