\id JON  
\h Jonah 
\toc1 Jonah 
\toc2 Jonah 
\mt1 Jonah  
\c 1  
\s1 Jonah Tries to Run from the Lord  
\p
\v 1  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amittai,  
\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w capital|strong="H5927"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w announce|strong="H7121"\w* \w judgment|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* people \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w attention|strong="H6440"\w*.”  
\v 3  Instead, \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w* headed \w off|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w escape|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* commission \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* traveled \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* merchant ship heading \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fare|strong="H7939"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* aboard \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* far \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*.  
\v 4  \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w hurled|strong="H2904"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* powerful \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w Such|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w violent|strong="H5591"\w* \w tempest|strong="H5591"\w* \w arose|strong="H1419"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ship \w threatened|strong="H2803"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w up|strong="H3220"\w*!  
\v 5  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sailors|strong="H4419"\w* \w were|strong="H3627"\w* \w so|strong="H3381"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w that|strong="H3627"\w* each \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own god \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* flung \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ship|strong="H5600"\w*’s \w cargo|strong="H3627"\w* \w overboard|strong="H7043"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w make|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ship|strong="H5600"\w* \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w*. \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, meanwhile, \w had|strong="H3124"\w* \w gone|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hold|strong="H3411"\w* \w below|strong="H3381"\w* deck, \w had|strong="H3124"\w* \w lain|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w*, \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w was|strong="H3627"\w* \w sound|strong="H7290"\w* \w asleep|strong="H7290"\w*.  
\v 6  \w The|strong="H7121"\w* ship’s \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w approached|strong="H7126"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* doing \w asleep|strong="H7290"\w*? \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*! \w Cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w*! Perhaps \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* might \w take|strong="H7126"\w* notice \w of|strong="H7227"\w* \w us|strong="H7121"\w* \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* might \w not|strong="H3808"\w* die!”  
\v 7  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* sailors said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w one|strong="H2063"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w*, \w let|strong="H3212"\w*’s \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w fault|strong="H7451"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* overtaken \w us|strong="H5921"\w*. ” \w So|strong="H2063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* singled \w out|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\v 8  \w They|strong="H4100"\w* said \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*, \w whose|strong="H4310"\w* \w fault|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w it|strong="H2063"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* overtaken \w us|strong="H4994"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w*’s \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w occupation|strong="H4399"\w*? \w Where|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w*’s \w your|strong="H4994"\w* country? \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?”  
\v 9  \w He|strong="H6213"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w*! \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3373"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w land|strong="H3004"\w*.”  
\v 10  \w Hearing|strong="H3372"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w became|strong="H3372"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H1419"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*?” (\w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* said \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w escape|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w previously|strong="H6440"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. )  
\v 11  \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w storm|strong="H5590"\w* \w was|strong="H3220"\w* \w growing|strong="H1980"\w* worse \w and|strong="H1980"\w* worse, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w calm|strong="H8367"\w* \w down|strong="H1980"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*?”  
\v 12  \w He|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w throw|strong="H2904"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8367"\w* \w down|strong="H2904"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*’s \w my|strong="H5921"\w* fault \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H7945"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w severe|strong="H1419"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w*.”  
\v 13  \w Instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* tried \w to|strong="H1980"\w* row \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w land|strong="H3004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w storm|strong="H5590"\w* kept \w growing|strong="H1980"\w* worse \w and|strong="H1980"\w* worse.  
\v 14  \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, “\w Oh|strong="H4994"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w*, \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, don’t \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* die \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w*! Don’t \w hold|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H3068"\w* shedding \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*. \w After|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w just|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w*.”  
\v 15  \w So|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w threw|strong="H2904"\w* \w him|strong="H5975"\w* \w into|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w* \w raging|strong="H2197"\w*.  
\v 16  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w greatly|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* earnestly \w vowed|strong="H5087"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* lavish \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\v 17   
\s1 Jonah Prays  
\p The \nd Lord\nd* sent \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.   
\c 2  
\p
\v 1  \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* prayed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w stomach|strong="H4578"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w*  
\v 2  \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said,  
\p  
\q1 “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* called out \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* distress,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* answered me;  
\q1 \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w belly|strong="H4578"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Sheol \w I|strong="H3068"\w* cried out \w for|strong="H3068"\w* help,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6419"\w* heard \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayer|strong="H6419"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \w You|strong="H6963"\w* threw \w me|strong="H6963"\w* into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* deep waters,  
\q1 into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* middle \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* sea;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H8085"\w* ocean current engulfed \w me|strong="H6963"\w*;  
\q1 \w all|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* mighty waves \w you|strong="H6963"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* swept \w over|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6963"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w thought|strong="H3824"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* had \w been|strong="H5674"\w* banished \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* sight,  
\q1 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H3605"\w* never \w again|strong="H5674"\w* see \w your|strong="H3605"\w* holy temple!   
\q1
\v 5  Water engulfed \w me|strong="H5048"\w* \w up|strong="H1644"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5048"\w* neck;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3254"\w* deep ocean surrounded \w me|strong="H5048"\w*;  
\q1 seaweed was wrapped around \w my|strong="H5048"\w* head.   
\q1
\v 6  \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w went|strong="H5437"\w* \w down|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* bottoms \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* mountains;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H5704"\w* gates \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* netherworld barred \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w forever|strong="H5704"\w*;  
\q1 \w but|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w brought|strong="H5437"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w up|strong="H2280"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Pit, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \nd Lord\nd*, \w my|strong="H5704"\w* God.   
\q1
\v 7  \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* ebbing \w away|strong="H5927"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* called \w out|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* prayer \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* holy temple.   
\q1
\v 8  \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* worship worthless idols forfeit \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mercy|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* could \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w theirs|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9  \w But|strong="H5800"\w* \w as|strong="H2617"\w* \w for|strong="H2617"\w* \w me|strong="H8104"\w*, I promise \w to|strong="H8104"\w* offer \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifice \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w* with \w a|strong="H3068"\w* public declaration \w of|strong="H1892"\w* praise;  
\q1 I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* \w surely|strong="H5800"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* what I \w have|strong="H8104"\w* promised.  
\q1 Salvation belongs \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H2617"\+w*\nd*!”   
\p
\v 10  \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* commanded \w the|strong="H3068"\w* fish \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7999"\w* disgorged Jonah \w on|strong="H3068"\w* dry land.   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w large|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* message \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w*.”  
\v 3  \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w immediately|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w as|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*. (\w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* enormous \w city|strong="H5892"\w* – \w it|strong="H1961"\w* \w required|strong="H3117"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w through|strong="H3212"\w* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*!)  
\v 4  \w When|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*’s \w walk|strong="H4109"\w*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* announced, “\w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* end \w of|strong="H3117"\w* forty \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w overthrown|strong="H2015"\w*!”   
\p
\v 5  \w The|strong="H5704"\w* people \w of|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* believed \w in|strong="H3847"\w* God, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* declared \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w* \w of|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 6  \w When|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* news \w reached|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* robe, \w put|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* ashes.  
\v 7  \w He|strong="H1241"\w* \w issued|strong="H2199"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclamation|strong="H2199"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* said, “\w In|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w by|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w decree|strong="H2940"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H4428"\w* \w nobles|strong="H1419"\w*: \w No|strong="H8354"\w* human \w or|strong="H1241"\w* animal, \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, \w is|strong="H4428"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* \w anything|strong="H3972"\w*; \w they|strong="H4428"\w* must \w not|strong="H4325"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H4428"\w* must \w not|strong="H4325"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Every|strong="H7725"\w* person \w and|strong="H7725"\w* animal must \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* must \w cry|strong="H7121"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H2394"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* God, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* everyone must \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w living|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H1870"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w*? \w Perhaps|strong="H4310"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* might \w be|strong="H3808"\w* willing \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w* \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* might \w not|strong="H3808"\w* die.”  
\v 10  \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w actions|strong="H4639"\w* – \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w living|strong="H1870"\w*! – \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w relented|strong="H5162"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w judgment|strong="H7451"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w threatened|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\c 4  
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\v 1  \w This|strong="H7489"\w* \w displeased|strong="H7489"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w terribly|strong="H1419"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* he \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*.  
\v 2  \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “Oh, \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w just|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H1697"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* country. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* tried \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w prevent|strong="H6923"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* attempting \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w escape|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*! – \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w gracious|strong="H2587"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassionate|strong="H7349"\w*, slow \w to|strong="H5704"\w* anger \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w abounding|strong="H7227"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w relents|strong="H5162"\w* \w concerning|strong="H5921"\w* threatened \w judgment|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\v 3  \w So|strong="H4480"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd*, kill \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w instead|strong="H3588"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w rather|strong="H3588"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*!”  
\v 4  \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* said, “\w Are|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* really so \w very|strong="H3190"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*?”   
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\v 5  \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shelter|strong="H5521"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 6  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4487"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* little \w plant|strong="H7021"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w grow|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w misery|strong="H7451"\w*. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* delighted \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* little \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*.   
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\v 7  \w So|strong="H5927"\w* God \w sent|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w worm|strong="H8438"\w* \w at|strong="H5927"\w* \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* little \w plant|strong="H7021"\w* \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\v 8  \w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w began|strong="H4487"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w shine|strong="H2224"\w*, God \w sent|strong="H4487"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* hot \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* grew \w faint|strong="H5968"\w*. \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* despaired \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* rather \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*!”  
\v 9  \w God|strong="H3190"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H4194"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* really \w so|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w little|strong="H5704"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*?” \w And|strong="H4194"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5704"\w* am \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* could possibly be!”  
\v 10  \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \nd \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*\nd* said, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* upset \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w this|strong="H3068"\w* little \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*, something \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w worked|strong="H5998"\w* \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w anything|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H1431"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w grow|strong="H1431"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w overnight|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* died \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* day.  
\v 11  \w Should|strong="H3225"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w even|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w concerned|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w this|strong="H3045"\w* enormous \w city|strong="H5892"\w*? \w There|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* hundred \w twenty|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H7239"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w do|strong="H3426"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* wrong, \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w* \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* animals!”   