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NowThe the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, |
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Arise, go to Nineveh, thatthe great city, and cry against it;, for their wickedness ishas come up before meMe. |
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But Jonah rose up to flee untoto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah;the andLord. So he went down to Joppa, and found a ship which was going to Tarshish:, so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them untoto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovahthe Lord. |
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ButAnd Jehovahthe sentLord outhurled a great wind uponon the sea, and there was a mightygreat tempeststorm on the sea, so that the ship was likeabout to bebreak brokenup. |
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Then the marinerssailors werebecame afraid, and cried every man untocried to his god;, and they castthrew forth the warescargo thatwhich werewas in the ship into the sea, to lighten ititfor unto them. But Jonah washad gone downbelow into the innermosthold parts of the ship;, andlain he laydown, and wasfallen fastsound asleep. |
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So the shipmastercaptain cameapproached to him, and said, untoHow him,is Whatit meanestthat thou,you Oare sleepersleeping? ariseGet up, call uponon thyyour God,god. ifPerhaps soyour begod thatwill Godbe willconcerned thinkabout upon us, so that we perishwill not perish. |
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And theyeach man said every one to his fellowmate, Come, and let us cast lots, thatso we may knowlearn foron whose causeaccount this evilcalamity ishas uponstruck us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell uponon Jonah. |
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Then they said theyto unto him, Tell us, wenow! prayOn thee,whose foraccount whosehas cause this evilcalamity isstruck upon us;? whatWhat is thineyour occupation? andAnd whencewhere comestdo thouyou come from? whatWhat is thyyour country? andFrom of what people artare thouyou? |
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And he said untoto them, I am a Hebrew;, and I fear Jehovah, the Lord God of heaven, who hath made the sea and the dry land. |
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Then were the men exceedinglybecame afraid,extremely frightened and they said untoto him, WhatHow iscould thisyou thatdo thou hast donethis? For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Jehovahthe Lord, because he had told them. |
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ThenSo they said theyto unto him, What shallshould we do untoto thee,you that the sea may bebecome calm untofor us? for the sea grewwas morebecoming andincreasingly more tempestuousstormy. |
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And he said untoto them, TakePick me up, and castthrow me forth into the sea;. soThen shall the sea bewill become calm untofor you:, for I know that foron myaccount sakeof me this great tempeststorm ishas come upon you. |
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NeverthelessHowever, the men rowed harddesperately to getreturn them back to the land; but they could not:, for the sea grewwas morebecoming andeven morestormier tempestuous against them. |
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WhereforeThen they criedcalled untoon Jehovah,the Lord and said, We beseechearnestly theepray, O JehovahLord, wedo beseechnot thee, let us not perish foron account of this mans life, and laydo not uponput us innocent blood on us; for thouThou, O JehovahLord, hast done as itThou hast pleased thee. |
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So they tookpicked up Jonah, andthrew cast him forth into the sea;, and the sea ceasedstopped from its raging. |
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Then the men feared Jehovahthe exceedingly;Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice untoto Jehovah,the Lord and made vows. |
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And Jehovahthe preparedLord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah;, and Jonah was in the bellystomach of the fish three days and three nights. |
| 2:1 |
Then Jonah prayed untoto Jehovahthe Lord his God outfrom the stomach of the fishs belly.fish, |
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Andand he said, I called byout reason of minemy afflictiondistress untoto Jehovahthe Lord, And heHe answered me;. OutI ofcried for help from the bellydepth of Sheol; criedThou I,didst Andhear thou heardest my voice. |
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For thouThou didsthadst cast me into the depthdeep, inInto the heart of the seas, And the floodcurrent wasengulfed round about me;. All thyThy wavesbreakers and thy billows passed over me. |
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AndSo I said, I amhave castbeen outexpelled from beforeThy thinesight. eyes;Nevertheless Yet I will look again toward thyThy holy temple. |
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TheWater watersencompassed compassed me about, even to the soul;point of death. The great deep wasengulfed round about me;, TheWeeds weeds were wrapped aboutaround my head. |
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I wentdescended down to the bottomsroots of the mountains;. The earth with its bars closedwas uponaround me forforever, ever:But YetThou hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O JehovahLord my God. |
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WhenWhile myI soulwas faintedfainting within meaway, I remembered Jehovahthe Lord; And my prayer came into unto theeThee, intoInto thyThy holy temple. |
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TheyThose thatwho regard lyingvain vanitiesidols Forsake their own mercy.faithfulness, |
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But I will sacrifice untoto theeThee withWith the voice of thanksgiving;. IThat willwhich payI thathave whichvowed I havewill vowedpay. Salvation is offrom Jehovahthe Lord. |
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AndThen Jehovahthe spakeLord untocommanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah uponup onto the dry land. |
| 3:1 |
AndNow the word of Jehovahthe Lord came untoto Jonah the second time, saying, |
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Arise, go untoto Nineveh, thatthe great city, and preachproclaim untoto it the preachingproclamation thatwhich I bidam theegoing to tell you. |
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So Jonah arose, and went untoto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovahthe Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingexceedingly great city, ofa three days journeywalk. |
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AndThen Jonah began to entergo intothrough the city aone days journey,walk; and he cried, out and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shallwill be overthrown. |
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AndThen the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they proclaimedcalled a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. |
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AndWhen the tidingsword reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid aside his robe from him, and covered himhimself with sackcloth, and sat inon the ashes. |
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And he madeissued a proclamation and publishedit throughsaid, In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles,: saying,Do Letnot neitherlet man, nor beast, herd, noror flock, taste anything;a thing. Do not let them noteat feed,or nor drink water;. |
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butBut letboth themman and beast must be covered with sackcloth,; both man and beast, and let themmen crycall mightilyon unto God: yea,earnestly letthat themeach may turn every one from his evilwicked way, and from the violence thatwhich is in his hands. |
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Who knowethknows, whether God willmay not turn and repentrelent, and turnwithdraw awayHis fromburning hisanger fierceso anger, that we perishshall not perish? |
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AndWhen God saw their worksdeeds, that they turned from their evilwicked way;, andthen God repentedrelented ofconcerning the evilcalamity which heHe saidhad hedeclared He would dobring untoupon them;. andAnd heHe did not do it not. |
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But it greatly displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he wasbecame angry. |
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And he prayed untoto Jehovah,the Lord and said, IPlease pray theeLord, O Jehovah, was not this mywhat saying,I whensaid while I was yetstill in my own country? Therefore, Iin hastedorder to fleeforestall untothis I fled to Tarshish;, for I knew that thouThou art a gracious God, and mercifulcompassionate God, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentestone theewho ofrelents theconcerning evilcalamity. |
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Therefore now, O JehovahLord, please take, I beseech thee, my life from me;, for itdeath is better forto me to die than to livelife. |
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And Jehovahthe Lord said, DoestDo thouyou wellhave good reason to be angry? |
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Then Jonah went out offrom the city, and sat on the east side of theit. city,There andhe there made him a booth,shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade, tilluntil he mightcould see what would becomehappen ofin the city. |
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AndSo Jehovahthe Lord God preparedappointed a gourd,plant and made it togrew come up over Jonah, thatto it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil casediscomfort. SoAnd Jonah was exceedingextremely gladhappy becauseabout of the gourdplant. |
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But God preparedappointed a worm when thedawn morningcame rose the next day, and it smoteattacked the gourd,plant thatand it withered. |
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And it came toabout pass, when the sun arose,came up that God preparedappointed a sultryscorching east wind;, and the sun beat upondown theon Jonahs head ofso Jonah, that he fainted,became faint and requestedbegged forwith himselfall thathis hesoul mightto die, and saidsaying, ItDeath is better forto me to die than to livelife. |
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AndThen God said to Jonah, DoestDo thouyou wellhave good reason to be angry forabout the gourdplant? And he said, I dohave wellgood reason to be angry, even untoto death. |
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AndThen Jehovahthe Lord said, ThouYou hast had regardcompassion foron the gourd,plant for which thouyou hastdid not laboredwork, neitherand madestwhich ityou did not cause to grow;, which came up inovernight a night, and perished in a night:overnight. |
| 4:11 |
andAnd should I not I have regardcompassion foron Nineveh, thatthe great city, whereinin which there are more than sixscore120,000 thousand persons thatwho cannotdo discernnot know the difference between their right hand and their left hand;, andas alsowell muchas cattlemany animals? |