Jonah |
1:1: Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah
the son of Amittai, saying, |
1:2: Arise, go to |
1:3: 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. |
1:4: 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. |
1:5: 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. |
1:6: 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. |
1:7: 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. |
1:8: 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? |
1:9: 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. |
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2:1: Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God
out of the fish's belly, |
2:2: 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. |
2:3: 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. |
2:4: Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight;
yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. |
2:5: The waters compassed me about, even to
the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds
were wrapped about my head. |
2:6: 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. |
2:7: When my soul fainted within me I
remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. |
2:8: They that observe lying vanities forsake
their own mercy. |
2:9: But I will sacrifice unto thee with the
voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. |
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3:1: And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah
the second time, saying, |
3:2: Arise, go unto |
3:3: So Jonah arose, and went unto |
3:4: And Jonah began to enter into the city a
day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and |
3:5: So the people of |
3:6: For word came unto the king of |
3:7: And he caused it to be proclaimed and
published through |
3:8: 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. |
3:9: Who can tell if God will turn and
repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we
perish not? |
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4:1: But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and
he was very angry. |
4:2: 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. |
4:3: Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech
thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. |
4:4: Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to
be angry? |
4:5: 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. |
4:6: 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. |
4:7: But God prepared a worm when the morning
rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. |
4:8: 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. |
4:9: 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. |
4:10: 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: |
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