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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
Yahweh’s\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.}
word
came
to
Jonah
the
son
of
Amittai,
saying,
\VS{2}“Arise,
go
to
Nineveh,
that
great
city,
and preach
against
it,
for
their
wickedness
has
come
up
before
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}But
Jonah
rose
up
to
flee
to
Tarshish
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
He
went
down
to
Joppa,
and
found
a
ship
going
to
Tarshish;
so
he
paid
its
fare,
and
went
down
into
it,
to
go
with
them
to
Tarshish
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}But
Yahweh sent
out
a
great
wind
on
the
sea,
and
there
was
a
mighty
storm
on
the
sea,
so
that
the
ship
was likely
to
break
up.
\VS{5}Then
the mariners
were
afraid,
and
every
man
cried
to
his
god.
They
threw
the
cargo
that
was
in
the
ship
into
the
sea
to
lighten
the
ship.
But
Jonah
had
gone
down
into
the
innermost
parts
of
the
ship
and
he
was laying
down,
and
was fast asleep.
\VS{6}So
the ship
master
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “What
do
you mean, sleeper?
Arise,
call
on
your
God!\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:6 }
or, gods}
Maybe
your
God\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:6 }
or, gods
}
will notice
us,
so
that we
won’t
perish.”
\par }{\PP \VS{7}They
all
said
to
each
other, “Come! Let’s
cast
lots,
that we
may
know
who
is responsible
for
this
evil
that
is
on
us.”
So
they
cast
lots,
and
the
lot
fell
on
Jonah.
\VS{8}Then
they
asked
him, “Tell
us,
please,
for
whose cause
this
evil
is
on
us.
What
is
your
occupation?
Where
do
you
come
from?
What
is
your
country?
Of
what
people
are
you?”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}He
said
to
them, “I
am
a
Hebrew,
and
I
fear
Yahweh,
the
God\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:9 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
of
heaven,
who
has
made
the
sea
and
the
dry
land.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
the
men
were
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said
to
him, “What
have
you
done?”
For
the
men
knew
that
he
was
fleeing
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
because
he
had
told
them.
\VS{11}Then
they
said
to
him, “What
shall
we
do
to
you,
that
the
sea
may
be
calm
to
us?”
For
the
sea
grew
more
and
more
stormy.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}He
said
to
them, “Take
me
up,
and
throw
me
into
the
sea.
Then
the
sea
will
be
calm
for
you;
for
I
know
that
because
of
me
this
great
storm
is
on
you.”
\par }{\PP \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
stormy
against
them.
\VS{14}Therefore
they
cried
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “We
beg
you,
Yahweh,
we
beg
you,
don’t
let
us
die
for
this
man’s
life,
and
don’t
lay
on
us
innocent
blood;
for
you,
Yahweh,
have
done
as
it
pleased
you.”
\VS{15}So
they
took
up
Jonah
and
threw
him
into
the
sea;
and
the
sea ceased
its
raging.
\VS{16}Then
the
men
feared
Yahweh
exceedingly;
and
they
offered
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
and
made
vows.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
Jonah prayed
to
Yahweh,
his
God,
out
of
the fish’s belly.
\VS{2}He
said,
\par }{\Q “I called
because
of
my affliction
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB He answered
me.
\par }{\Q Out
of
the belly
of Sheol\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:2 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
I cried.
\par }{\QB You heard
my voice.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}For
you threw
me
into
the depths,
\par }{\QB in
the
heart
of
the seas.
\par }{\Q The flood
was all around
me.
\par }{\QB All
your waves
and
your billows passed
over
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I said, ‘I
have
been banished
from
your sight;
\par }{\QB yet
I
will look again
toward
your holy temple.’
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The waters surrounded
me,
\par }{\QB even
to
the soul.
\par }{\Q The deep
was around
me.
\par }{\QB The weeds
were wrapped around
my head.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}I
went
down
to
the bottoms
of
the mountains.
\par }{\QB The earth barred
me
in forever;
\par }{\QB yet
you
have
brought
my
life
up
from
the pit, Yahweh
my God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}“When
my soul fainted within
me,
I remembered
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB My prayer
came
in
to
you,
into
your holy temple.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Those
who
regard vain idols forsake
their
own
mercy.
\par }{\QB \VS{9}But I
will sacrifice
to
you with
the voice
of thanksgiving.
\par }{\QB I
will
pay that which I
have vowed.
\par }{\Q Salvation belongs
to Yahweh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
Yahweh spoke
to
the fish,
and
it vomited out Jonah
on
the dry land.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jonah
the
second
time,
saying,
\VS{2}“Arise,
go
to
Nineveh,
that
great
city,
and preach
to
it
the message
that
I
give
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
Jonah
arose,
and
went
to
Nineveh,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
Now
Nineveh
was
an
exceedingly
great
city,
three
days’
journey across.
\VS{4}Jonah
began
to
enter
into
the
city
a
day’s
journey,
and
he
cried
out,
and
said, “In
forty
days,
Nineveh
will
be
overthrown!”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
people
of
Nineveh
believed
God;
and
they
proclaimed
a
fast
and
put
on
sackcloth,
from
their
greatest
even
to
their least.
\VS{6}The news
reached
the
king
of
Nineveh,
and
he
arose
from
his
throne, took
off
his
royal
robe,
covered
himself
with
sackcloth,
and
sat
in
ashes.
\VS{7}He made
a
proclamation
and published
through
Nineveh
by
the
decree
of
the
king
and
his
nobles,
saying, “Let
neither
man
nor
animal,
herd
nor
flock,
taste
anything;
let
them
not
feed,
nor
drink
water;
\VS{8}but let
them
be
covered
with
sackcloth,
both
man
and
animal,
and let
them
cry mightily
to
God. Yes, let
them
turn
everyone
from
his
evil
way
and
from
the
violence
that
is
in
his
hands.
\VS{9}Who
knows whether
God
will
not
turn
and
relent,
and
turn
away
from
his
fierce
anger,
so
that
we might
not
perish?”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}God
saw
their
works,
that
they
turned
from
their
evil
way.
God
relented
of
the
disaster
which
he
said
he
would
do
to
them,
and
he
didn’t
do
it.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}But it
displeased
Jonah
exceedingly,
and he
was
angry.
\VS{2}He
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Please,
Yahweh, wasn’t
this
what
I
said
when
I
was
still
in
my
own
country?
Therefore
I hurried
to
flee
to
Tarshish,
for
I
knew
that
you
are
a
gracious
God
and
merciful,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness,
and
you
relent
of
doing
harm.
\VS{3}Therefore
now,
Yahweh,
take,
I
beg
you,
my
life
from
me,
for
it
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Yahweh
said, “Is
it right
for
you
to
be
angry?”
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
Jonah
went
out
of
the
city
and
sat
on
the
east side
of
the
city,
and
there
made
himself
a
booth
and
sat
under
it
in
the
shade,
until
he
might
see
what
would
become
of
the
city.
\VS{6}Yahweh
God prepared
a vine
and
made
it
to
come
up
over
Jonah,
that
it
might
be
a
shade
over
his
head
to
deliver
him
from
his discomfort.
So
Jonah
was
exceedingly
glad
because
of
the vine.
\VS{7}But
God prepared
a worm
at
dawn
the
next
day,
and
it chewed
on
the vine
so
that
it
withered.
\VS{8}When
the
sun arose,
God prepared
a sultry
east
wind;
and
the
sun
beat
on
Jonah’s
head,
so
that
he
was
faint
and
requested
for
himself
that
he might
die.
He
said, “It
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}God
said
to
Jonah, “Is
it right
for
you
to
be
angry
about
the vine?”
\par }{\PP He
said, “I
am right
to
be
angry,
even
to
death.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Yahweh
said, “You
have
been
concerned
for
the vine,
for
which
you
have
not
labored,
neither
made
it
grow;
which
came
up
in
a
night
and
perished
in
a
night.
\VS{11}Shouldn’t
I
be
concerned
for
Nineveh,
that
great
city,
in
which
are
more
than
one hundred twenty
thousand
persons
who
can’t
discern
between
their
right
hand
and
their
left
hand,
and
also
many
animals?”
\par }