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{\MT Jonah

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH Jonah runs away
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
message
from
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
came
to
Jonah,
the
son
of
Amittai:
\VS{2}‘Arise,
go
to
that
great
city,
Nineveh,
and
preach
against
it;
for
their
wickedness
is
known
to
me.’
\VS{3}But
Jonah
started
to
flee
to
Tarshish
from
the
presence
of
the
{\ND{
Lord}}.
He
went
down
to
Joppa
and
found
a
ship
going
to
Tarshish.
So
he
paid
the
fare
and
went aboard
to
go
with
them
to
Tarshish
from
the
presence
of
the
{\ND{
Lord}}.
\VS{4}But
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
made
a
furious
wind
blow
over
the
sea,
and
there
was
such
a
great
storm
that
the
ship
was
in
danger
of
breaking
to
pieces.
\VS{5}The
sailors
were
terrified
and
each
cried
for
help
to
his
own
god.
They
threw
the ship’s
cargo
into
the
sea
to
make
the
ship
lighter.
Meanwhile
Jonah
had
gone
down
into
the
bottom
of
the
ship
and
lay
fast
asleep.
\VS{6}The
captain
of
the
ship
went
and
said
to
him, ‘How
can
you
sleep?
Call
on
your
god;
perhaps
that
god
will
think
of
us,
so
that
we
may
not
be
lost.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
sailors
said
to
one
another, ‘Come,
let
us
cast
lots
to
discover
on
whose
account
this
evil
has
come
upon
us.’
So
they
cast
lots,
and
the
lot indicated
Jonah.
\VS{8}So
they
said
to
him, ‘Are
you
to
blame
for
this?
Tell
us,
what
is
your
business,
and
where
do
you
come
from?
What
is
your
country
and
to
what
people
do
you
belong?’
\VS{9}He
replied, ‘I
am
a
Hebrew,
and
a worshipper
of
the
{\ND{
Lord}},
the
God
of
heaven,
who
made
the
sea
and
the
dry
land.’
\VS{10}Then
the
men
were
greatly
frightened
and
said
to
him, ‘What
have
you
done?’
For
they
knew
that
he
was
fleeing
from
the
presence
of
the
{\ND{
Lord}},
because
he
had
told
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
they
said
to
him, ‘What
should
we
do
to
you,
to
make
the
sea
calm
for
us?’
For
the
sea
grew
more
and
more
stormy.
\VS{12}He
said
to
them, ‘Take
me
up
and
throw
me
into
the
sea,
and
the
sea
will
be
calm
for
you,
for
I
know
that
it
is
because
of
me
this
fierce
storm
has
overtaken
you.’
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
instead
the
men
rowed
hard
to
get
back
to
the
land;
they
could
not,
however,
for
the
sea
grew
more
and
more
stormy
ahead.
\VS{14}So
they
cried
to
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
and
said, ‘We
beg
you,
{\ND{
Lord}},
we
beg
you,
don’t
let
us
die
for
this
man’s
life,
and
don’t
let
us
be
guilty
of
shedding
innocent
blood,
for
you
are
the
{\ND{
Lord}};
you
have
done
as
it
pleases
you.’
\VS{15}And
they
took
up
Jonah,
and
threw
him
into
the
sea;
and
the
sea
became
calm.
\VS{16}Then
the
men
greatly
feared
the
{\ND{
Lord}},
and
they
offered
a
sacrifice
and
made
vows
to
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}But
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
arranged
for
a
great
fish
to
swallow
Jonah,
and
Jonah
was
inside
the
fish
three
days
and
three
nights.
\par }{\SH Jonah’s
song
\par }
\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Jonah
prayed
to
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
his
God,
out
of
the
belly
of
the
fish,
\VS{2}and
said:
\par }{\Q I
cried
out
of
my
distress,
to
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
\par }{\QB and
he
answered
me;
\par }{\Q out
of
the
midst
of
Sheol
I
cried
aloud,
\par }{\QB and
you
heard
my
voice.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{3}For
you
cast
me
into
the
deep,
\par }{\QB into
heart
of
the
seas,
\par }{\QB and
the
great
flood
rolled
about
me;
\par }{\Q all
your
breakers
and
your
waves
\par }{\QB passed
over
me.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}Then
I
said,
I
am
driven
out,
\par }{\QB away
from
your
sight;
\par }{\Q How
will
I
ever
again
\par }{\QB look towards
your
holy
temple?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}The
waters
surrounded
me,
\par }{\QB the
great
deep
engulfed
me,
\par }{\QB the
sea
weeds
were
wrapped
about
my
head.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
went
down
to
the
roots
of
the
mountains;
\par }{\QB the
prison
of
the
earth
closed
over
me
forever.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q Yet
you
brought
up
my
life
from
destruction,
\par }{\QB O
{\ND{
Lord}}
my
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}As
my
life
slipped
away,
\par }{\QB I
remembered
the
{\ND{
Lord}};
\par }{\Q and
my
prayer
reached
you,
\par }{\QB in
your
holy
temple.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}Those
who
worship
worthless
idols
\par }{\QB abandon
their
own
mercy,
\par }{\Q \VS{9}but
I
will
sacrifice
to
you
\par }{\QB with
loud
thanksgiving!
\par }{\Q I
will
pay
that
which
I
have
vowed.
\par }{\QB Salvation
is
the
{\ND{
Lord}}’s.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}And
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
spoke
to
the
fish,
and
it
threw
up
Jonah
upon
the
dry
land.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The message to Nineveh
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
message
from
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
came
to
Jonah
the
second
time,
\VS{2}‘Arise,
go
to
that
great
city,
Nineveh,
and
proclaim
to
it
the
message
that
I
tell
you.’
\VS{3}So
Jonah
started
for
Nineveh,
as
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
commanded.
Now
Nineveh
was
so
large
a
city
that
it
took
three
days’
journey
to
cross
it.
\VS{4}Jonah
began
by
going
a
day’s
journey
into
the
city,
and
he
proclaimed, ‘Forty
days
more
and
Nineveh
shall
be
overthrown.’
\par }{\PP \VS{5}And
the
people
of
Nineveh
believed
God;
and
they
ordered
a
fast
and
put
on
sackcloth,
from
the
greatest
to
the
least
of
them.
\VS{6}And
when
word
came
to
the
king
of
Nineveh,
he
rose
from
his
throne,
took
off
his
robe,
dressed
in
sackcloth,
and
sat
in
ashes.
\VS{7}And
he
made
this
proclamation
and
published
it
in
Nineveh: ‘By
the
decree
of
the
king
and
his
nobles:
People,
beast,
herd,
and
flock
shall
not
taste
anything;
let
them
not
eat
nor
drink
water.
\VS{8}Let
both
people
and
animals
put
on
sackcloth
and
let
them
cry
earnestly
to
God;
let
them
each
turn
from
their
evil
ways
and
from
the
deeds
of
violence
which
they
are
doing.
\VS{9}Who
knows?
God
may
relent
and
avert
his
fierce
anger,
so
that
we
may
not
die.’
\par }{\PP \VS{10}When
God
saw
that
they
turned
from
their
evil
course,
he
relented
the
evil
which
he
said
he
would
do
to
them,
and
did
not
do
it.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Jonah sulks
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}But
this
seemed
very
wrong
to
Jonah
and
he
became
angry.
\VS{2}He
prayed
to
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
and
said, ‘Ah,
{\ND{
Lord}}, wasn’t
this
what
I
said
when
I
was
still
in
my
own
country?
That
was
why
I
fled
at
once
to
Tarshish;
for
I
knew
that
you
are
a
gracious
and
merciful
God,
patient,
and
loving
and
ready
to
forgive.
\VS{3}Therefore,
{\ND{
Lord}},
I
beg
you,
take
my
life
from
me;
for
it
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live!’
\VS{4}But
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
said, ‘Are
you
doing
right
in
being
angry?’
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Jonah
went
out
of
the
city
and
sat
down
on
the
east
side,
and
there
made
a
hut
for
himself
and
sat
under
it,
waiting
to
see
what
would
become
of
the
city.
\VS{6}And
the
{\ND{
Lord}}
arranged
for
a
bush
to
grow
up
over
Jonah
as
a
shade
for
his
head
to
make
him
comfortable.
The
bush
gave
Jonah
great
pleasure;
\VS{7}but
at
dawn
the
next
day
God
arranged
for
a
worm
which
attacked
the
bush,
so
that
it
wilted.
\VS{8}And
when
the
sun
rose,
God
arranged
a
hot
east
wind.
And
the
sun
beat
upon
Jonah’s
head,
so
that
he
was
faint
and
begged
that
he
might
die,
saying, ‘It
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.’
\VS{9}But
God
said
to
Jonah, ‘Are
you
doing
right
in
being
angry
about
the
bush?’
He
replied, ‘I
have
every
right
to
be
as
angry
as
I
could
possibly
be!’
\par }{\SH Jonah
is
rebuked
\par }{\PP \VS{10}The
{\ND{
Lord}}
said, ‘You
care
about
a
bush
which
has
cost
you
no
trouble
and
which
you
have
not
made
grow,
which
came
up
in
a
night
and
wilted
in
a
night.
\VS{11}Should
I
not
care
for
the
great
city
Nineveh,
in
which
there
are
one
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
people
who
do
not
know
their
right
hand
from
their
left;
and
many
cattle
too?’
\par }