Jonah 1:1-13
Jonah <03124> [Jonah.]
[Jonas.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
announce <07121> [cry.]
wickedness <07451> [for.]
escape <01272> [to flee.]
from .................................... from <06440> [from.]
Joppa <03305> [Joppa.]
Tarshish ..................... Tarshish ................ Tarshish <08659> [Tarshish.]
As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in Spain, to which he intended to flee. When we reflect how such a message would be received in the streets of London at this day, we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh.
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
hurled <02904> [sent out. Heb. cast forth. like. Heb. thought.]
cried out <02199> [cried.]
flung <02904> [and cast.]
deck <03411> [the sides.]
sound asleep <07290> [and was.]
asleep <07290> [What.]
Get up <06965> [arise.]
god .... god <0430> [if.]
one <0376> [every.]
cast .............. overtaken ..... cast <05307> [and let.]
whose fault <07945> [for.]
lots .................. lots ...... out <01486> [and the.]
Tell <05046> [Tell.]
occupation <04399> [What is thine.]
Hebrew <05680> [I am.]
worship <03373> [and I.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord. or, Jehovah. the God.]
made <06213> [which.]
men ............... men <0582> [were.]
Hearing ...... even more <01419 03372> [exceedingly afraid. Heb. afraid, with great fear.]
done <06213> [Why.]
escape <01272> [he fled.]
do ..... make <06213> [What.]
storm .................... sea calm <08367 03220> [calm unto us. Heb. silent from us. wrought, and was tempestuous. or, grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went and was, etc.]
Pick ... up <05375> [Take.]
know .... fault <03045 07945> [for.]
<0582> [Nevertheless the.]
There was great humanity and tender feeling in these men. They were probably affected deeply with the candid confession, the disinterested, submissive conduct of the disobedient prophet, and were unwilling to cast him into the deep, until they found that every effort to save themselves was in vain.
tried <02864> [rowed. Heb. digged. but.]
