When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides.

It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites.

He said to me, “To 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be put right again.”

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power.

After entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force.

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

“Come on! Let’s return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!

Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter.

They will return to Egypt! Assyria will rule over them because they refuse to repent!

My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them!

But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink.

“Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”

Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.

So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

Then the Lord commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.

Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time.