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{\MT Jonah



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}} came unto
Jonah the
son of
Amittai,
saying,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }{\FT{Jonah: Gr. Jonas}}}

\VS{2}Arise,
go to
Nineveh, that
great
city, and
cry against it; for their
wickedness is come
up
before me.

\VS{3}But
Jonah rose
up to
flee unto
Tarshish from the
presence of the
{\ND{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
{\ND{LORD}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ But the
{\ND{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{sent out: Heb. cast forth}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{was like…: Heb. thought to be broken}}}

\VS{5}Then the
mariners were
afraid, and
cried every
man unto his
god, and cast
forth the
wares that
{\ADD{were}} in the
ship into the
sea, to
lighten
{\ADD{it}} of them. But
Jonah was gone
down into the
sides of the
ship; and he
lay, and was fast
asleep.

\VS{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.

\VS{7}And they
said every
one to his
fellow,
Come, and let us
cast
lots, that we may
know for whose
cause this
evil
{\ADD{is}} upon us. So they
cast
lots, and the
lot
fell upon
Jonah.

\VS{8}Then
said they unto him,
Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this
evil
{\ADD{is}} upon us; What
{\ADD{is}} thine
occupation? and
whence
comest thou? what
{\ADD{is}} thy
country? and of what
people
{\ADD{art}} thou?

\VS{9}And he
said unto them, I
{\ADD{am}} an
Hebrew; and I
fear the
{\ND{LORD}}, the
God of
heaven, which hath
made the
sea and the
dry
{\ADD{land}}.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:9 }{\FT{the
{\ND{LORD}}: or,
{\ND{JEHOVAH}}}}}

\VS{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
{\ND{LORD}}, because he had
told them.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 1:10 }{\FT{exceedingly…: Heb. with great fear}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{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.\FTNT{††}{{\FR 1:11 }{\FT{may…: Heb. may be silent from us}}}\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 1:11 }{\FT{wrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{is}} upon you.

\VS{13}Nevertheless the
men rowed
hard to
bring
{\ADD{it}} to the
land; but they
could not: for the
sea
wrought, and was
tempestuous against them.\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 1:13 }{\FT{rowed: Heb. digged}}}\FTNT{***}{{\FR 1:13 }{\FT{wrought…: or, grew more and more tempestuous: Heb. went}}}

\VS{14}Wherefore they
cried unto the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
said, We beseech
thee, O
{\ND{LORD}}, we beseech thee, let us not
perish for this
man’s
life, and
lay not upon us
innocent
blood: for thou, O
{\ND{LORD}}, hast
done as it
pleased thee.

\VS{15}So they took
up
Jonah, and cast him
forth into the
sea: and the
sea
ceased from her
raging.\FTNT{†††}{{\FR 1:15 }{\FT{ceased: Heb. stood}}}

\VS{16}Then the
men
feared the
{\ND{LORD}}
exceedingly, and
offered a
sacrifice unto the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
made
vows.\FTNT{‡‡‡}{{\FR 1:16 }{\FT{offered…: Heb. sacrifice unto the
{\ND{LORD}}, and vowed vows}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{17}¶ Now the
{\ND{LORD}} had
prepared a
great
fish to swallow
up
Jonah. And
Jonah was in the
belly of the
fish
three
days and
three
nights.\FTNT{§§§}{{\FR 1:17 }{\FT{belly: Heb. bowels}}}




\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jonah
prayed unto the
{\ND{LORD}} his
God out of the
fish’s
belly,

\VS{2}And
said, I
cried by reason of mine
affliction unto the
{\ND{LORD}}, and he
heard me; out of the
belly of
hell
cried I,
{\ADD{and}} thou
heardest my
voice.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:2 }{\FT{by…: or, out of mine affliction}}}\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:2 }{\FT{hell: or, the grave}}}

\VS{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.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:3 }{\FT{midst: Heb. heart}}}

\VS{4}Then I
said, I am cast
out of thy
sight; yet I will
look
again toward thy
holy
temple.

\VS{5}The
waters compassed me
about,
{\ADD{even}} to the
soul: the
depth closed me round
about, the
weeds were wrapped
about my
head.

\VS{6}I went
down to the
bottoms of the
mountains; the
earth with her
bars
{\ADD{was}} about me for
ever: yet hast thou brought
up my
life from
corruption, O
{\ND{LORD}} my
God.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{bottoms: Heb. cuttings off}}}\FTNT{**}{{\FR 2:6 }{\FT{corruption: or, the pit}}}

\VS{7}When my
soul
fainted within me I
remembered the
{\ND{LORD}}: and my
prayer came
in unto thee, into thine
holy
temple.

\VS{8}They that
observe
lying
vanities
forsake their own
mercy.

\VS{9}But I will
sacrifice unto thee with the
voice of
thanksgiving; I will
pay
{\ADD{that}} that I have
vowed.
Salvation
{\ADD{is}} of the
{\ND{LORD}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{10}¶ And the
{\ND{LORD}}
spake unto the
fish, and it vomited
out
Jonah upon the
dry
{\ADD{land}}.




\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}} came unto
Jonah the
second time,
saying,

\VS{2}Arise,
go unto
Nineveh, that
great
city, and
preach unto it the
preaching that I
bid thee.

\VS{3}So
Jonah
arose, and
went unto
Nineveh, according to the
word of the
{\ND{LORD}}. Now
Nineveh was an
exceeding
great
city of
three
days’
journey.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:3 }{\FT{exceeding: Heb. of God}}}

\VS{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.


\par }{\PP \VS{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.

\VS{6}For
word
came unto the
king of
Nineveh, and he
arose from his
throne, and he
laid his
robe from him, and
covered
{\ADD{him}} with
sackcloth, and
sat in
ashes.

\VS{7}And he caused
{\ADD{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:\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:7 }{\FT{published: Heb. said}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:7 }{\FT{nobles: Heb. great men}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{is}} in their
hands.

\VS{9}Who can
tell
{\ADD{if}}
God will
turn and
repent, and turn
away from his
fierce
anger, that we
perish not?


\par }{\PP \VS{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
{\ADD{it}} not.




\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But it
displeased
Jonah
exceedingly, and he was very
angry.

\VS{2}And he
prayed unto the
{\ND{LORD}}, and
said, I
pray thee, O
{\ND{LORD}},
{\ADD{was}} not this my
saying, when I was yet in my
country? Therefore I
fled
before unto
Tarshish: for I
knew that thou
{\ADD{art}} a
gracious
God, and
merciful,
slow to
anger, and of
great
kindness, and
repentest thee of the
evil.

\VS{3}Therefore now, O
{\ND{LORD}},
take, I beseech thee, my
life from me; for
{\ADD{it is}}
better for me to
die than to
live.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}¶ Then
said the
{\ND{LORD}}, Doest thou
well to be
angry?\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:4 }{\FT{Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{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.

\VS{6}And the
{\ND{LORD}}
God
prepared a
gourd, and made
{\ADD{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.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:6 }{\FT{gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon}}}\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:6 }{\FT{was…: Heb. rejoiced with great joy}}}

\VS{7}But
God
prepared a
worm when the
morning
rose the next
day, and it
smote the
gourd that it
withered.

\VS{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,
{\ADD{It is}}
better for me to
die than to
live.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4:8 }{\FT{vehement: or, silent}}}

\VS{9}And
God
said to
Jonah, Doest thou
well to be
angry for the
gourd? And he
said, I do
well to be
angry,
{\ADD{even}} unto
death.\FTNT{**}{{\FR 4:9 }{\FT{Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?}}}\FTNT{††}{{\FR 4:9 }{\FT{I do well…: or, I am greatly angry}}}

\VS{10}Then
said the
{\ND{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:\FTNT{‡‡}{{\FR 4:10 }{\FT{had pity: or, spared}}}\FTNT{§§}{{\FR 4:10 }{\FT{came…: Heb. was the son of the night}}}

\VS{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
{\ADD{also}}
much
cattle?


\par }