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395Jonah 3 :5, 10 "And the peopleof Nineveh believed God ; andthey proclaimed a fast, and puton sackcloth, from the greatestof them even to the least of them .And God saw their works, thatthey turned from their evil way ;and God repented of the evilwhich he said he would do untothem ; and he did it not ."(2) Woes upon People, Wickedness,All Caused by SatanIsa . 14:16, 17, 20 "They thatsee thee shall gaze at thee, theyshall consider thee, saying, Isthis the man that made theearth to tremble, that did shakekingdoms ; that made the worldas a wilderness, and overthrewthe cities thereof ; that let notloose .thou his prisoners to their home?hast destroyed thy land,thou hast slain thy people ; theseed of evil-doers shall not benamed for ever."Heb . 2 :14, 15 "Therefore, sincethe 'young children' are sharersof blood and flesh, he also similarlypartook of the same things,that through his death he mightdestroy the one having the meansto cause death, that is, the Devil,and might emancipate allthose who for fear of death weresubject to slavery all throughtheir lives."John 8 :44 "You are from yourfather the Devil and you wishto do the desires of your father .That one was a manslayer whenhe began, and he did not standfast in the truth, because truthis not in him. When he speaksthe lie, he speaks according tohis own disposition, because heis a liar and the father of thelie ."Acts 10 :38 "He went throughthe land doing good and healingall those oppressed by the Devil,because God was with him ."Increased now because Satanknows Armageddon nearRev . 12 :12 "On this account beglad, you heavens and you whoWorld Distressreside in them! Woe for the earthand for the sea, because the Devilhas come down to you, havinggreat anger, knowing he has ashort period of time ."Rev. 6 :4-8 "And another cameforth, a fiery-colored horse, andto the one seated upon it therewas granted to take peace awayfrom the earth so that theyshould slaughter one another,and a great sword was given him .And when he opened the thirdseal, I heard the third livingcreature say, 'Come!' And I saw,and, look! a black horse, and theone seated upon it had a pairof scales in his hand . And Iheard a voice as if in the midstof the four living creatures say :'A quart of wheat for a day'swage, and three quarts of barleyfor a day's wage ; and do notharm the olive oil and the wine .'And when he opened the fourthseal, I heard the voice of thefourth living creature say, 'Come!'And I saw, and, look! a palehorse, and the one seated uponit had the name Death . AndHades was closely following him .And authority was given themover the fourth part of the earth,to kill with a long sword andwith food shortage and withdeadly plague and by the wildbeasts of the earth ."Persecution to break Jehovah'switnesses Satan's main effortRev. 12 :13, 17 "Now when thedragon saw it was hurled downto the earth, it persecuted thewoman that gave birth to themale child . And the dragon grewwrathful at the woman, and wentoff to wage war with the remainingones of her seed, who observethe commandments of God andhave the work of bearing witnessto Jesus ."This permitted by Jehovah totest his servants and show Satan'sworld worthy ofdestructionRev. 2:10 "Do not be afraidof the things you are destined to