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\par }{\MT JONAH

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
unto
Jonah
the
son
of
Amittai,
saying,
\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
Jehovah;
and
he
went
down
to
Joppa,
and
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
Jehovah.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}But
Jehovah
sent
out
a
great
wind
upon
the
sea,
and
there
was
a
mighty
tempest
on
the
sea,
so
that
the
ship
was
like
to
be
broken.
\VS{5}Then
the
mariners
were
afraid,
and
cried
every
man
unto
his
god;
and
they
cast
forth
the
wares
that
were
in
the
ship
into
the
sea,
to
lighten
it
unto
them.
But
Jonah
was
gone
down
into
the
innermost
parts
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
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
is
upon
us;
what
is
thine
occupation?
and
whence
comest
thou?
what
is
thy
country?
and
of
what
people
art
thou?
\VS{9}And
he
said
unto
them,
I
am
a
Hebrew;
and
I
fear
Jehovah,
the
God
of
heaven,
who
hath
made
the
sea
and
the
dry
land.
\VS{10}Then
were
the
men
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said
unto
him,
What
is
this
that
thou
hast
done?
For
the
men
knew
that
he
was
fleeing
from
the
presence
of
Jehovah,
because
he
had
told
them.
\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
grew
more
and
more
tempestuous.
\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
is
upon
you.
\VS{13}Nevertheless
the
men
rowed
hard
to
get
them
back
to
the
land;
but
they
could
not:
for
the
sea
grew
more
and
more
tempestuous
against
them.
\VS{14}Wherefore
they
cried
unto
Jehovah,
and
said,
We
beseech
thee,
O
Jehovah,
we
beseech
thee,
let
us
not
perish
for
this
man’s
life,
and
lay
not
upon
us
innocent
blood;
for
thou,
O
Jehovah,
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
its
raging.
\VS{16}Then
the
men
feared
Jehovah
exceedingly;
and
they
offered
a
sacrifice
unto
Jehovah,
and
made
vows.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}And
Jehovah
prepared
a
great
fish
to
swallow
up
Jonah;
and
Jonah
was
in
the
belly
of
the
fish
three
days
and
three
nights.

\Chap{2}\VerseOne{1}Then
Jonah
prayed
unto
Jehovah
his
God
out
of
the
fish’s
belly.
\VS{2}And
he
said,
\par }{\Q I
called
by
reason
of
mine
affliction
unto
Jehovah,
\par }{\Q And
he
answered
me;
\par }{\Q Out
of
the
belly
of
Sheol
cried
I,
\par }{\Q {\ADD{
And}}
thou
heardest
my
voice.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
thou
didst
cast
me
into
the
depth,
in
the
heart
of
the
seas,
\par }{\Q And
the
flood
was
round
about
me;
\par }{\Q All
thy
waves
and
thy
billows
passed
over
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}And
I
said,
I
am
cast
out
from
before
thine
eyes;
\par }{\Q Yet
I
will
look
again
toward
thy
holy
temple.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
waters
compassed
me
about,
even
to
the
soul;
\par }{\Q The
deep
was
round
about
me;
\par }{\Q The
weeds
were
wrapped
about
my
head.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
went
down
to
the
bottoms
of
the
mountains;
\par }{\Q The
earth
with
its
bars
{\ADD{
closed}}
upon
me
for
ever:
\par }{\Q Yet
hast
thou
brought
up
my
life
from
the
pit,
O
Jehovah
my
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}When
my
soul
fainted
within
me,
I
remembered
Jehovah;
\par }{\Q And
my
prayer
came
in
unto
thee,
into
thy
holy
temple.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}They
that
regard
lying
vanities
\par }{\Q Forsake
their
own
mercy.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}But
I
will
sacrifice
unto
thee
with
the
voice
of
thanksgiving;
\par }{\Q I
will
pay
that
which
I
have
vowed.
\par }{\Q Salvation
is
of
Jehovah.
\par }{\MM \VS{10}And
Jehovah
spake
unto
the
fish,
and
it
vomited
out
Jonah
upon
the
dry
land.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
word
of
Jehovah
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
Jehovah.
Now
Nineveh
was
an
exceeding
great
city,
of
three
days’
journey.
\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}And
the
people
of
Nineveh
believed
God;
and
they
proclaimed
a
fast,
and
put
on
sackcloth,
from
the
greatest
of
them
even
to
the
least
of
them.
\VS{6}And
the
tidings
reached
the
king
of
Nineveh,
and
he
arose
from
his
throne,
and
laid
his
robe
from
him,
and
covered
him
with
sackcloth,
and
sat
in
ashes.
\VS{7}And
he
made
proclamation
and
published
through
Nineveh
by
the
decree
of
the
king
and
his
nobles,
saying,
Let
neither
man
nor
beast,
herd
nor
flock,
taste
anything;
let
them
not
feed,
nor
drink
water;
\VS{8}but
let
them
be
covered
with
sackcloth,
both
man
and
beast,
and
let
them
cry
mightily
unto
God:
yea,
let
them
turn
every
one
from
his
evil
way,
and
from
the
violence
that
is
in
his
hands.
\VS{9}Who
knoweth
whether
God
will
not
turn
and
repent,
and
turn
away
from
his
fierce
anger,
that
we
perish
not?
\VS{10}And
God
saw
their
works,
that
they
turned
from
their
evil
way;
and
God
repented
of
the
evil
which
he
said
he
would
do
unto
them;
and
he
did
it
not.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
it
displeased
Jonah
exceedingly,
and
he
was
angry.
\VS{2}And
he
prayed
unto
Jehovah,
and
said,
I
pray
thee,
O
Jehovah,
was
not
this
my
saying,
when
I
was
yet
in
my
country?
Therefore
I
hasted
to
flee
unto
Tarshish;
for
I
knew
that
thou
art
a
gracious
God,
and
merciful,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in
lovingkindness,
and
repentest
thee
of
the
evil.
\VS{3}Therefore
now,
O
Jehovah,
take,
I
beseech
thee,
my
life
from
me;
for
it
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.
\VS{4}And
Jehovah
said,
Doest
thou
well
to
be
angry?
\VS{5}Then
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
shade,
till
he
might
see
what
would
become
of
the
city.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}And
Jehovah
God
prepared
a
gourd,
and
made
it
to
come
up
over
Jonah,
that
it
might
be
a
shade
over
his
head,
to
deliver
him
from
his
evil
case.
So
Jonah
was
exceeding
glad
because
of
the
gourd.
\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
arose,
that
God
prepared
a sultry
east
wind;
and
the
sun
beat
upon
the
head
of
Jonah,
that
he
fainted,
and
requested
for
himself
that
he
might
die,
and
said,
It
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.
\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,
even
unto
death.
\VS{10}And
Jehovah
said,
Thou
hast
had
regard
for
the
gourd,
for
which
thou
hast
not
labored,
neither
madest
it
grow;
which
came
up
in
a
night,
and
perished
in
a
night:
\VS{11}and
should
not
I
have
regard
for
Nineveh,
that
great
city,
wherein
are
more
than
sixscore
thousand
persons
that
cannot
discern
between
their
right
hand
and
their
left
hand;
and
also
much
cattle?
\par }