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Jonah
The Book of Jonah
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Jonah.1
[1]
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai,
saying,
[2] Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
[3]
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish:
so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them
unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
[4] But the
LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty
tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
[5]
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and
cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten
it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and
he lay, and was fast asleep.
[6] So the shipmaster came to
him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call
upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish
not.
[7] And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and
let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon
us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
[8]
Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this
evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou?
what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
[9] And
he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of
heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
[10] Then
were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou
done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the
LORD, because he had told them.
[11] Then said they unto
him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us?
for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
[12] And he said
unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the
sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest
is upon you.
[13] Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring
it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was
tempestuous against them.
[14] Wherefore they cried unto
the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us
not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood:
for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
[15] So
they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea
ceased from her raging.
[16] Then the men feared the LORD
exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made
vows.
[17] Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to
swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days
and three nights.
Jonah.2
[1]
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
[2]
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he
heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my
voice.
[3] For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the
midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows
and thy waves passed over me.
[4] Then I said, I am cast
out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
[5]
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me
round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
[6] I
went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars
was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from
corruption, O LORD my God.
[7] When my soul fainted within
me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine
holy temple.
[8] They that observe lying vanities forsake
their own mercy.
[9] But I will sacrifice unto thee with
the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed.
Salvation is of the LORD.
[10] And the LORD spake unto the
fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah.3
[1]
And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
[2]
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the
preaching that I bid thee.
[3] So Jonah arose, and went
unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an
exceeding great city of three days' journey.
[4] And Jonah
began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said,
Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
[5] So the
people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on
sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
[6]
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne,
and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and
sat in ashes.
[7] And he caused it to be proclaimed and
published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles,
saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing:
let them not feed, nor drink water:
[8] But let man and
beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let
them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is
in their hands.
[9] Who can tell if God will turn and
repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
[10]
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and
God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto
them; and he did it not.
Jonah.4
[1]
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
[2]
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not
this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before
unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful,
slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the
evil.
[3] Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my
life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
[4]
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
[5] So
Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and
there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might
see what would become of the city.
[6] And the LORD God
prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be
a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was
exceeding glad of the gourd.
[7] But God prepared a worm
when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it
withered.
[8] And it came to pass, when the sun did arise,
that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the
head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and
said, It is better for me to die than to live.
[9] And God
said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he
said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
[10] Then
said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou
hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night,
and perished in a night:
[11] And should not I spare
Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand
persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left
hand; and also much cattle?