| 001:001
| Now
the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, |
| 001:002 | Arise,
go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is
come up before me. |
| 001:003 | 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. |
| 001:004 | 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. |
| 001:005 | 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.
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| 001:006 | 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. |
| 001:007 | 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. |
| 001:008 | 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? |
| 001:009 | 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. |
| 001:010 | 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. |
| 001:011 | 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. |
| 001:012 | 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. |
| 001:013 | Nevertheless
the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea
wrought, and was tempestuous against them. |
| 001:014 | 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. |
| 001:015 | So
they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from
her raging. |
| 001:016 | Then
the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD,
and made vows. |
| 001:017 | 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. |
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| 002:001
| Then
Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, | | 002:002 | 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. |
| 002:003 | 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. |
| 002:004 | Then
I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
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| 002:005 | The
waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about,
the weeds were wrapped about my head. |
| 002:006 | 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.
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| 002:007 | When
my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto
thee, into thine holy temple. |
| 002:008 | They
that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. |
| 002:009 | But
I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that
that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. |
| 002:010 | And
the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. |
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| 003:001
| And
the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, | | 003:002 | Arise,
go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid
thee. |
| 003:003 | 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. |
| 003:004 | 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. |
| 003:005 | 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. |
| 003:006 | 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. |
| 003:007 | 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: |
| 003:008 | 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. |
| 003:009 | Who
can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger,
that we perish not? |
| 003:010 | 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.
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| 004:001
| But
it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. | | 004:002 | 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. |
| 004:003 | Therefore
now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me
to die than to live. |
| 004:004 | Then
said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| 004:005 | 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. |
| 004:006 | 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. |
| 004:007 | But
God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd
that it withered. |
| 004:008 | 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. |
| 004:009 | 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. |
| 004:010 | 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: |
| 004:011 | And
should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore
thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left
hand; and also much cattle? |