| 1:2 |
Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me. |
| 1:3 |
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. |
| 1:4 |
AndThe the Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up. |
| 1:5 |
Then the sailors became afraid, and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten itforit for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down, and fallen sound asleep. |
| 1:7 |
AndEach each man said to his mate, Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us. So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. |
| 1:9 |
AndHe he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land. |
| 1:11 |
So they said to him, What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us? ?—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy. |
| 1:12 |
AndHe he said to them, Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you. |
| 1:14 |
Then they called on the Lord and said, We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this mans life and do not put innocent blood on us; for ThouYou, O Lord, hasthave done as ThouYou hasthave pleased. |
| 2:2 |
and he said, I called out of my distress to the Lord, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; ThouYou didstheard hear my voice. |
| 2:3 |
For ThouYou hadsthad cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All ThyYour breakers and billows passed over me. |
| 2:4 |
So I said, I have been expelled from ThyYour sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward ThyYour holy temple. |
| 2:6 |
I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But ThouYou hasthave brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God. |
| 2:7 |
While I was fainting away, I remembered the Lord;, And my prayer came to TheeYou, Into ThyYour holy temple. |
| 2:9 |
But I will sacrifice to TheeYou With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the Lord. |
| 3:6 |
When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes. |
| 3:7 |
AndHe he issued a proclamation and it said, In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. |
| 3:9 |
Who knows, God may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shallwill not perish?. |
| 4:1 |
But it greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry. |
| 4:2 |
AndHe he prayed to the Lord and said, Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that ThouYou artare a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. |
| 4:4 |
AndThe the Lord said, Do you have good reason to be angry? |
| 4:7 |
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered. |
| 4:8 |
AndWhen it came about when the sun came up that God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonahs head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, Death is better to me than life. |
| 4:10 |
Then the Lord said, You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work, and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. |
| 4:11 |
AndShould should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals? |