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{\MTB The Book of
\par }{\MT Jonah

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Jonah,
the
son
of
Amittai,
saying,
\VS{2}Up!
go
to
Nineveh,
that
great
town,
and let
your voice
come
to
it;
for
their evil-doing
has
come
up
before
me.
\VS{3}And
Jonah
got
up
to
go
in
flight
to
Tarshish,
away
from
the
Lord;
and
he
went
down
to
Joppa,
and saw
there
a
ship
going
to
Tarshish:
so
he
gave
them
the price
of
the
journey
and
went
down
into
it
to
go
with
them
to
Tarshish,
away
from
the
Lord.
\VS{4}And
the
Lord sent
out
a
great
wind
on
to
the
sea
and
there
was
a violent
storm
in
the
sea,
so
that
the
ship seemed
in danger
of
being
broken.
\VS{5}Then
the
sailors
were full
of
fear,
every
man
crying
to
his
god;
and
the
goods
in
the
ship
were dropped
out
into
the
sea
to
make
the weight less.
But
Jonah
had
gone
down
into
the inmost
part
of
the
ship
where
he
was stretched
out
in
a deep
sleep.
\VS{6}And
the ship's
captain
came
to
him
and
said
to
him,
What
are
you doing sleeping?
Up!
say
a prayer
to
your
God,
if
by chance
God
will
give
a
thought
to
us,
so
that we
may
not
come
to
destruction.
\VS{7}And
they
said
to
one
another,
Come, let
us put
this
to
the decision
of chance
and
see
on
whose
account
this
evil
has
come
on
us.
So
they
did
so,
and
Jonah
was seen
to
be
the
man.
\VS{8}Then
they
said
to
him,
Now
make clear
to
us
what
is
your
work,
and
where
you
come
from?
what
is
your
country,
and
who
are
your
people?
\VS{9}And
he
said
to
them,
I
am
a
Hebrew,
a worshipper
of
the
Lord,
the
God
of
heaven,
who
made
the
sea
and
the
dry
land.
\VS{10}And
the
men
were
in
great
fear,
and
they
said
to
him,
What
is
this
you
have
done?
For
the
men
had
knowledge
of
his
flight
from
the
Lord
because
he
had
not
kept
it
from
them.
\VS{11}And
they
said
to
him,
What
are
we
to
do
to
you
so
that
the
sea
may
become
calm
for
us?
For
the
sea
was getting rougher
and rougher.
\VS{12}And
he
said
to
them,
Take
me
up
and
put
me
into
the
sea,
and
the
sea
will
become
calm
for
you:
for
I
am
certain
that
because
of
me
this
great
storm
has come
on
you.
\VS{13}And
the
men
were working hard
to
get
back
to
the
land,
but
they
were
not
able
to
do
so:
for
the
sea
got rougher
and rougher
against
them.
\VS{14}So,
crying
to
the
Lord,
they
said,
Give ear
to
our prayer,
O
Lord,
give ear,
and
do
not
let
destruction
overtake
us
because
of
this man's
life;
do
not
put
on
us
the sin
of taking
life
without
cause:
for
you,
O
Lord,
have
done
what seemed good
to
you.
\VS{15}So
they
took
Jonah
up
and
put
him
into
the
sea:
and
the
sea
was no longer angry.
\VS{16}Then
great
was
the men's
fear
of
the
Lord;
and
they
made
an
offering
to
the
Lord
and
took oaths
to
him.
\VS{17}And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jonah
made prayer
to
the
Lord
his
God
from
the
inside
of
the
fish,
and said,
\VS{2}In
my trouble
I
was crying
to
the
Lord,
and
he gave
me
an answer;
out
of
the deepest underworld
I sent
up
a cry,
and
you gave ear
to
my voice.
\VS{3}For
you
have put
me
down
into
the deep,
into
the
heart
of
the sea;
and
the river
was round
about
me; all
your waves
and
your rolling waters
went
over
me.
\VS{4}And
I said,
I
have
been sent
away
from
before
your eyes; how
may
I ever again see
your holy Temple?
\VS{5}The waters
were circling round
me,
even
to
the neck;
the deep
was
about
me;
the sea-grass
was twisted round
my head.
\VS{6}I
went
down
to
the bases
of
the mountains;
as
for
the earth,
her walls
were
about
me
for ever:
but
you
have
taken
up
my
life
from
the underworld,
O Lord
my God.
\VS{7}When
my soul
in
me
was overcome,
I kept
the memory
of
the
Lord:
and
my prayer
came
in
to
you,
into
your holy Temple.
\VS{8}The worshippers
of false gods
have given
up
their only hope.
\VS{9}But I
will make
an offering
to
you with
the voice
of praise; I
will
give effect
to
my oaths. Salvation is
the Lord's.
\VS{10}And
at
the Lord's order,
the fish sent Jonah out
of its mouth
on
to
the dry land.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Jonah
a
second
time,
saying,
\VS{2}Up!
go
to
Nineveh,
that
great
town,
and
give
it
the
word
which
I
have
given
you.
\VS{3}So
Jonah
got
up
and
went
to
Nineveh
as
the
Lord
had
said.
Now
Nineveh
was
a
very
great
town,
three days'
journey
from end
to end.
\VS{4}And
Jonah
first
of
all
went
a day's
journey
into
the
town,
and
crying
out
said,
In
forty
days destruction
will overtake
Nineveh.
\VS{5}And
the
people
of
Nineveh
had belief
in
God;
and
a
time
was fixed
for going without food,
and
they
put
on haircloth,
from
the
greatest
to
the least.
\VS{6}And
the
word
came
to
the
king
of
Nineveh,
and
he
got
up
from
his
seat
of
authority,
and took
off
his
robe,
and
covering
himself
with haircloth, took
his
seat
in
the
dust.
\VS{7}And
he
had
it given
out
in
Nineveh,
By
the
order
of
the
king
and
his
great
men,
no
man
or
beast,
herd
or
flock,
is
to
have
a
taste
of
anything;
let
them
have
no food
or
water:
\VS{8}And let
man
and
beast
be
covered
with haircloth,
and let
them
make strong prayers
to
God:
and let
everyone
be
turned
from
his
evil
way
and
the
violent
acts
of
their
hands.
\VS{9}Who
may say
that
God
will
not
be
turned, changing
his purpose
and
turning
away
from
his
burning
wrath,
so
that
destruction
may
not overtake
us?
\VS{10}And
God
saw
what
they
did,
how
they
were
turned
from
their
evil
way;
and God's purpose
was
changed
as
to
the
evil
which
he
said
he
would
do
to
them,
and
he
did
it
not.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But this seemed
very
wrong
to
Jonah,
and he
was
angry.
\VS{2}And
he
made prayer
to
the
Lord
and
said,
O
Lord,
is
this
not
what
I
said
when
I
was
still
in
my
country?
This
is
why
I
took
care
to
go
in
flight
to
Tarshish:
for
I
was
certain
that
you
were
a loving
God,
full
of
pity,
slow
to
be
angry
and
great
in
mercy,
and ready
to
be
turned
from
your
purpose
of
evil.
\VS{3}So
now,
O
Lord,
give ear
to
my prayer
and
take
my
life
from
me;
for
death
is
better
for
me
than
life.
\VS{4}And
the
Lord
said,
Have
you any right
to
be
angry?
\VS{5}Then
Jonah
went
out
of
the
town,
and
took
his
seat
on
the
east side
of
the
town
and
made
himself
a roof
of branches
and
took
his
seat
under
its
shade
till
he
saw
what
would
become
of
the
town.
\VS{6}And
the
Lord
God
made
a vine
come
up
over
Jonah
to
give
him
shade
over
his
head.
And
Jonah
was
very
glad
because
of
the vine.
\VS{7}But early
on
the
morning
after,
God
made ready
a worm
for
the destruction
of
the vine,
and
it became
dry
and dead.
\VS{8}Then
when
the
sun
came
up,
God
sent
a burning
east
wind:
and
so
great
was
the heat
of
the
sun
on
his
head
that
Jonah
was overcome,
and, requesting
death
for
himself,
said,
Death
is
better
for
me
than
life.
\VS{9}And
the Lord
said
to
Jonah,
Have
you any right
to
be
angry
about
the vine?
And
he
said,
I
have
a right
to
be
truly
angry.
\VS{10}And
the
Lord
said,
You
had
pity
on
the vine,
for
which
you
did
no
work
and
for
the growth
of
which
you
were
not responsible;
which
came
up
in
a
night
and
came
to
an end
in
a
night;
\VS{11}And
am
I
not
to
have mercy
on
Nineveh,
that
great
town,
in
which
there
are
more
than
a hundred
and twenty
thousand
persons
without
the power
of judging
between
right
and
left,
as
well
as
much
cattle?
\par }