The Book of Jonah

1. Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,  (2 Kin. 14:25)
   
2. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me."  (Gen. 10:11-12;   Is. 37:37)
   
3. But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.  He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.  (Josh. 19:46;   Is. 23:1)
   
4. But the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.  (Ps. 107:25)
5. Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load.  But Jonah had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.  (1 Sam. 24:3)
6. So the captain came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper?  Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish."  (Ps. 107:28;   Joel 2:14)
7. And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this trouble has come upon us."  So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.  (Josh. 7:14)

1. Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly.
2. And he said:  "I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me.  "Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,  (Ps. 65:2;   Ps. 120:1)  and You heard my voice.
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6. I went down to the moorings of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever; yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord, my God.  (Job 17:16;   Ps. 16:10)
7. "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer went up to You, into Your holy temple.  (Ps. 18:6)
8. "Those who regard worthless idols  (Jer. 10:8)  forsake their own mercy.  (Ps. 31:6)
9. But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed.  (Hos. 14:2;   Eccl. 5:4-5)
   Salvation is of the Lord."
10. So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

1. Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2. "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you."
   
3. So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord.  Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.
   
4. And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk.  Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"  (Deut. 18:22)
   

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