Jonah
Chapter One
1 ¶ Now the word
of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2 "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their
wickedness has come up before Me."
3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went
down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and
went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
4 ¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty
tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.
5 Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw
the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten the load. But Jonah
had gone down into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast
asleep.
6 So the captain came to him, and said to him, "What do you mean, sleeper?
Arise, call on your God; perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not
perish."
7 And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know
for whose cause this trouble has come upon us." So they cast lots, and
the lot fell on Jonah.
8 Then they said to him, "Please tell us! For whose cause is this trouble
upon us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country?
And of what people are you?"
9 So he said to them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven,
who made the sea and the dry land."
10 Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "Why have you
done this?" For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD,
because he had told them.
11 ¶ Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you that the sea
may be calm for us?" -for the sea was growing more tempestuous.
12 And 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 this great tempest is because
of me."
13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for
the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.
14 Therefore they cried out to the LORD and said, "We pray, O LORD, please
do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not charge us with innocent
blood; for You, O LORD, have done as it pleased You."
15 So they picked up Jonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea ceased from
its raging.
16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the
LORD and took vows.
17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in
the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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