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Jonah 3:1--4:11

3:1

And the word
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of the LORD
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came unto Jonah
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the second
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time, saying
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3:2

Arise
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go
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unto Nineveh
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that great
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city
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and preach
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unto it the preaching
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that I bid
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thee.

3:3

So Jonah
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arose
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and went
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unto Nineveh
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according to the word
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of the LORD
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Now Nineveh
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was an exceeding
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great
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city
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of three
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days
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journey
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{exceeding: Heb. of God}

3:4

And Jonah
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began
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to enter
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into the city
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a
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day's
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journey
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and he cried
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and said
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Yet forty
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days
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and Nineveh
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shall be overthrown
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3:5

So the people
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of Nineveh
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believed
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God
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and proclaimed
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a fast
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and put
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on sackcloth
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from the greatest
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of them even to the least
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of them.

3:6

For word
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came
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unto the king
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of Nineveh
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and he arose
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from his throne
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and he laid
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his robe
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from him, and covered
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[him] with sackcloth
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and sat
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in ashes
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3:7

And he caused [it] to be proclaimed
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and published
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through Nineveh
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by the decree
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of the king
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and his nobles
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saying
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Let neither man
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nor beast
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herd
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nor flock
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taste
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any thing
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let them not feed
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nor drink
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water
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{published: Heb. said} {nobles: Heb. great men}

3:8

But let man
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and beast
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be covered
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with sackcloth
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and cry
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mightily
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unto God
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yea, let them turn
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every one
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from his evil
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way
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and from the violence
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that [is] in their hands
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3:9

Who can tell
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[if] God
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will turn
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and repent
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and turn away
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from his fierce
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anger
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that we perish
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not?

3:10

And God
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saw
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their works
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that they turned
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from their evil
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way
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and God
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repented
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of the evil
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that he had said
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that he would do
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unto them; and he did
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[it] not.

4:1

But it displeased
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Jonah
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exceedingly
<01419> <07451>_,

and he was very angry
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4:2

And he prayed
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unto the LORD
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and said
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I pray
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thee, O LORD
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[was] not this my saying
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when I was yet in my country
<0127>_?

Therefore I fled
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before
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unto Tarshish
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for I knew
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that thou [art] a gracious
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God
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and merciful
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slow
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to anger
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and of great
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kindness
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and repentest
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thee of the evil
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4:3

Therefore now, O LORD
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take
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I beseech thee, my life
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from me; for [it is] better
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for me to die
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than to live
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4:4

Then said
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the LORD
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Doest thou well
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to be angry
<02734> (8804)_?

{Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?}

4:5

So Jonah
<03124>

went out
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of the city
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and sat
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on the east side
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of the city
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and there made
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him a booth
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and sat
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under it in the shadow
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till he might see
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what would become of the city
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4:6

And the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

prepared
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a gourd
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and made [it] to come up
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over Jonah
<03124>_,

that it might be a shadow
<06738>

over his head
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to deliver
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him from his grief
<07451>_.

So Jonah
<03124>

was exceeding
<01419> <08057>

glad
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of the gourd
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{gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon} {was...: Heb. rejoiced with great joy}

4:7

But God
<0430>

prepared
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a worm
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when the morning
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rose
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the next day
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and it smote
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the gourd
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that it withered
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4:8

And it came to pass, when the sun
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did arise
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that God
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prepared
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a vehement
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east
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wind
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and the sun
<08121>

beat
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upon the head
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of Jonah
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that he fainted
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and wished
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in himself
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to die
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and said
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[It is] better
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for me to die
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than to live
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{vehement: or, silent}

4:9

And God
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said
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to Jonah
<03124>_,

Doest thou well
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to be angry
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for the gourd
<07021>_?

And he said
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I do well
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to be angry
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[even] unto death
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{Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?} {I do well...: or, I am greatly angry}

4:10

Then said
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the LORD
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Thou hast had pity
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on the gourd
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for the which thou hast not laboured
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neither madest it grow
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which came up in a night
<01121> <03915>_,

and perished
<06> (8804)

in a night
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{had pity: or, spared} {came...: Heb. was the son of the night}

4:11

And should not I spare
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Nineveh
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that great
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city
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wherein are
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more
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than sixscore
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thousand
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persons
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that cannot discern
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between their right hand
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and their left hand
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and [also] much
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cattle
<0929>_?