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

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jonas
the
son
of Amathi,
saying:
\VS{2}Arise,
and
go
to Ninive
the
great
city,
and preach
in
it:
for
the
wickedness thereof
is
come
up
before
me.
\VS{3}And Jonas
rose
up
to
flee
into Tharsis
from
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
he
went
down
to Joppe,
and
found
a
ship
going
to Tharsis:
and
he
paid
the
fare thereof,
and
went
down
into
it,
to
go
with
them
to Tharsis
from
the
face
of
the
Lord.
\VS{4}But
the
Lord sent
a
great
wind
into
the
sea:
and
a
great
tempest
was raised
in
the
sea,
and
the
ship
was
in danger
to
be
broken.
\VS{5}And
the mariners
were
afraid,
and
the
men
cried
to
their
god:
and
they
cast forth
the wares
that
were
in
the
ship,
into
the
sea,
to
lighten
it
of
them:
and Jonas
went
down
into
the
inner
part
of
the
ship,
and
fell
into
a deep
sleep.
\VS{6}And
the shipmaster
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him:
Why art thou fast asleep?
rise
up,
call
upon thy
God,
if
so
be
that
God
will
think
of
us,
that we
may
not
perish.
\VS{7}And
they
said
every
one
to
his
fellow:
Come,
and let
us
cast
lots,
that we
may
know why
this
evil
is
upon
us.
And
they
cast
lots,
and
the
lot
fell
upon Jonas.
\VS{8}And
they
said
to
him:
Tell
us
for
what cause
this
evil
is
upon
us,
what
is thy
business?
of
what
country art thou?
and whither goest thou?
or
of
what
people art thou?
\VS{9}And
he
said
to
them:
I
am
a
Hebrew,
and
I
fear
the
Lord
the
God
of
heaven,
who
made both
the
sea
and
the
dry
land.
\VS{10}And
the
men
were
greatly
afraid,
and
they
said
to
him:
Why hast thou
done
this? (for
the
men
knew
that
he
fled
from
the
face
of
the
Lord:
because
he
had
told
them.)
\VS{11}And
they
said
to
him:
What
shall
we
do
to thee,
that
the
sea
may
be
calm
to
us?
for
the
sea
flowed
and swelled.
\VS{12}And
he
said
to
them:
Take
me
up,
and
cast
me
into
the
sea,
and
the
sea
shall
be
calm
to
you:
for
I
know
that
for
my
sake
this
great
tempest
is
upon
you.
\VS{13}And
the
men
rowed hard
to
return
to
land,
but
they
were
not
able:
because
the
sea tossed
and swelled
upon
them.
\VS{14}And
they
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
We
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
let
us
not
perish
for
this
man’s
life,
and
lay
not
upon
us
innocent
blood:
for thou,
O
Lord, hast
done
as
it
pleased thee.
\VS{15}And
they
took Jonas,
and
cast
him
into
the
sea,
and
the
sea ceased
from
raging.
\VS{16}And
the
men
feared
the
Lord
exceedingly,
and
sacrificed victims
to
the
Lord,
and
made
vows.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Lord prepared
a
great
fish
to
swallow
up Jonas:
and Jonas
was
in
the belly
of
the
fish
three
days
and
three
nights.
\VS{2}And Jonas
prayed
to
the
Lord
his
God
out
of
the belly
of
the
fish.
\VS{3}And
he
said:
I
cried
out
of
my affliction
to
the
Lord,
and
he
heard
me:
I
cried
out
of
the
belly
of hell,
and thou hast
heard
my
voice.
\VS{4}And thou hast
cast
me forth
into
the
deep
in
the
heart
of
the
sea,
and
a flood hath compassed
me:
all thy
billows,
and thy
waves
have
passed
over
me.
\VS{5}And
I
said:
I
am cast
away
out
of
the
sight
of thy
eyes:
but
yet
I
shall
see thy
holy
temple
again.
\VS{6}The
waters compassed
me
about
even
to
the
soul:
the
deep hath closed
me
round
about,
the sea hath covered
my
head.
\VS{7}I
went
down
to
the lowest parts
of
the
mountains:
the
bars
of
the
earth
have shut
me
up
for
ever:
and thou wilt
bring
up
my
life
from
corruption,
O
Lord
my
God.
\VS{8}When
my
soul
was
in distress
within
me,
I
remembered
the
Lord:
that
my
prayer
may
come
to thee, unto thy
holy
temple.
\VS{9}They that are
vain
observe
vanities,
forsake
their own mercy.
\VS{10}But
I
with
the
voice
of
praise
will
sacrifice
to thee:
I
will
pay whatsoever
I
have
vowed
for
my
salvation
to
the
Lord.
\VS{11}And
the
Lord
spoke
to
the
fish:
and
it vomited
out Jonas
upon
the
dry
land.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jonas
the
second
time,
saying:
\VS{2}Arise,
and
go
to Ninive
the
great
city:
and preach
in
it
the preaching
that
I bid thee.
\VS{3}And Jonas
arose,
and
went
to Ninive,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord:
now Ninive
was
a
great
city
of
three
days’
journey.
\VS{4}And Jonas
began
to
enter
into
the
city
one
day’s
journey:
and
he
cried,
and
said:
Yet
forty
days,
and Ninive
shall
be
destroyed.
\VS{5}And
the
men
of Ninive
believed
in
God:
and
they
proclaimed
a
fast,
and
put
on
sackcloth
from
the
greatest
to
the least.
\VS{6}And
the
word
came
to
the
king
of Ninive;
and
he
rose
up
out
of
his
throne,
and
cast
away
his
robe
from
him,
and
was
clothed
with
sackcloth,
and
sat
in
ashes.
\VS{7}And
he caused
it
to
be proclaimed
and published
in Ninive
from
the mouth
of
the
king
and
of
his princes,
saying:
Let
neither
men
nor
beasts,
oxen
nor
sheep,
taste
any
thing:
let
them
not
feed,
nor
drink
water.
\VS{8}And let
men
and
beasts
be
covered
with
sackcloth,
and
cry
to
the Lord
with
all
their strength,
and let
them
turn
every
one
from
his
evil
way,
and
from
the iniquity
that
is
in
their
hands.
\VS{9}Who
can
tell if
God
will
turn,
and forgive:
and
will
turn
away
from
his
fierce
anger,
and
we
shall
not
perish?
\VS{10}And
God
saw
their
works,
that
they
were
turned
from
their
evil
way:
and
God
had mercy
with
regard
to
the
evil
which
he
had
said
that
he
would
do
to
them,
and
he
did
it
not.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And Jonas
was
exceedingly troubled,
and
was
angry:
\VS{2}And
he
prayed
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
is
not
this
what
I
said,
when
I
was
yet
in
my
own
country?
therefore
I
went
before
to
flee
into Tharsis:
for
I
know
that thou art
a
gracious
and
merciful
God,
patient,
and
of
much
compassion,
and easy
to forgive
evil.
\VS{3}And
now,
O
Lord,
I
beseech thee
take
my
life
from
me:
for
it
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.
\VS{4}And
the
Lord
said: Dost thou
think thou hast
reason
to
be
angry?
\VS{5}Then Jonas
went
out
of
the
city,
and
sat
toward
the
east side
of
the
city:
and
he
made
himself
a
booth
there,
and
he
sat
under
it
in
the
shadow,
till
he
might
see
what
would
befall
the
city.
\VS{6}And
the
Lord
God prepared
an ivy,
and
it
came
up
over
the
head
of Jonas,
to
be
a
shadow
over
his
head,
and
to cover
him (for
he
was fatigued),
and Jonas
was
exceeding
glad
of
the ivy.
\VS{7}But
God prepared
a worm,
when
the
morning
arose
on
the
following
day:
and
it
struck
the ivy
and
it
withered.
\VS{8}And
when
the
sun
was
risen,
the Lord
commanded
a hot
and burning
wind:
and
the
sun
beat
upon
the
head
of Jonas,
and
he broiled
with
the heat:
and
he
desired
for
his
soul
that
he might
die,
and
said:
It
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.
\VS{9}And
the Lord
said
to Jonas: Dost thou
think thou hast
reason
to
be
angry,
for
the ivy?
And
he
said:
I
am
angry
with
reason
even unto
death.
\VS{10}And
the
Lord
said: Thou art grieved
for
the ivy,
for
which thou hast
not laboured,
nor
made
it
to
grow,
which
in
one
night
came
up,
and
in
one
night
perished.
\VS{11}And
shall
not
I
spare Ninive,
that
great
city,
in
which
there
are
more
than
a hundred
and twenty
thousand
persons
that
know
not
how
to
distinguish
between
their
right
hand
and
their
left,
and
many
beasts?
\par }