Jonah
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
« Jonah 1 »
King James Bible
Jonah Sent to Nineveh, Flees to Tarshish
(Nahum 1:1-15)
1Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2Arise, go to Nineveh, that
great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3But Jonah rose up to flee
unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he 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 the LORD.
The Great Storm
(Jeremiah 6:10-21; Jeremiah 25:15-33; Acts 27:13-26; Romans 1:18-32)
4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so
that the ship was like to be broken. 5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his
god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah
was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 6So 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.
7And 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. 8Then 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? 9And he said unto
them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and
the dry [land].
10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men
knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed
11Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the
sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12And 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. 13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea
wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 14Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We
beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, 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.
15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made
vows.
17
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.
« Jonah 2 »
King James Bible
Jonah's Prayer
1Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of
hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.
3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me
about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds
were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever:
yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into
thine holy temple.
8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed.
Salvation [is] of the LORD.
10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
« Jonah 3 »
King James Bible
Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites
1And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2Arise, go unto Nineveh,
that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3So Jonah arose, and went unto
Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three
days' journey. 4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet
forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Nineveh Repents
5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the
greatest of them even to the least of them. 6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he
arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in
ashes. 7And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the
king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not
feed, nor drink water: 8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto
God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.
9Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish
not?
10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that
he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.
« Jonah 4 »
King James Bible
Jonah's Anger at the Lord's Compassion
1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2And he prayed unto the LORD, and
said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I
fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech
thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live. 4Then said the LORD, Doest thou
well to be angry?
5So 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 shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6And the LORD
God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his
head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7But God prepared
a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8And it came
to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon
the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to
die than to live.
9And 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. 10Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which
thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
11And should not I spare 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?
King James Bible
Jonah Sent to Nineveh, Flees to Tarshish
(Nahum 1:1-15)
1Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2Arise, go to Nineveh, that
great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. 3But Jonah rose up to flee
unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he 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 the LORD.
The Great Storm
(Jeremiah 6:10-21; Jeremiah 25:15-33; Acts 27:13-26; Romans 1:18-32)
4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so
that the ship was like to be broken. 5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his
god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the sea, to lighten [it] of them. But Jonah
was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. 6So 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.
7And 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. 8Then 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? 9And he said unto
them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and
the dry [land].
10Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men
knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jonah Cast Into the Sea and Swallowed
11Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the
sea wrought, and was tempestuous. 12And 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. 13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the land; but they could not: for the sea
wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 14Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We
beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, 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.
15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made
vows.
17
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the
fish three days and three nights.
« Jonah 2 »
King James Bible
Jonah's Prayer
1Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of
hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.
3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me
about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds
were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever:
yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into
thine holy temple.
8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed.
Salvation [is] of the LORD.
10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
« Jonah 3 »
King James Bible
Jonah Preaches to the Ninevites
1And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, 2Arise, go unto Nineveh,
that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3So Jonah arose, and went unto
Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three
days' journey. 4And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet
forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
Nineveh Repents
5So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the
greatest of them even to the least of them. 6For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he
arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in
ashes. 7And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the
king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not
feed, nor drink water: 8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto
God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.
9Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish
not?
10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that
he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.
« Jonah 4 »
King James Bible
Jonah's Anger at the Lord's Compassion
1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2And he prayed unto the LORD, and
said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I
fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,
and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech
thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live. 4Then said the LORD, Doest thou
well to be angry?
5So 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 shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6And the LORD
God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his
head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7But God prepared
a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8And it came
to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon
the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to
die than to live.
9And 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. 10Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which
thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
11And should not I spare 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?