Jonah 1:4
1:4 But
the
Lord hurled
a powerful
wind on the sea. Such a violent
tempest arose on the sea that
the ship threatened to break up!
Jonah 1:7
1:7 The sailors said to one another,
“Come on, let’s cast lots
to find out
whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.
” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.
Jonah 1:12
1:12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down,
because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”
Jonah 2:2
2:2 and said,
“I called out to the Lord from my distress,
and he answered me;
from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help,
and you heard my prayer.
Jonah 2:7
2:7 When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the Lord,
and my prayer came to your holy temple.
Jonah 3:2-3
3:2 “Go immediately
to Nineveh, that large city,
and proclaim to
it the message that I tell you.”
3:3 So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the
Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city
– it required three days to walk through it!)
Jonah 3:6
3:6 When the news
reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.
Jonah 3:8
3:8 Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly
to God, and everyone
must turn from their
evil way of living
and from the violence that they do.
Jonah 4:9
4:9 God said to Jonah, “Are you really so very angry
about the little plant?” And he said, “I am as angry
as I could possibly be!”