Because the storm was growing worse and worse,<n id="1" /> they said to him, &#8220;What should we do to you to make<n id="2" /> the sea calm down<n id="3" /> for us?&#8221;

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

But<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> hurled<n id="2" /> a powerful<n id="3" /> wind on the sea. Such a violent<n id="4" /> tempest arose on the sea that<n id="5" /> the ship threatened to break up!<n id="6" />

He said to them, &#8220;Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down,<n id="1" /> because I know it&#8217;s my fault you are in this severe storm.&#8221;

Instead, they tried to row<n id="1" /> back to land,<n id="2" /> but they were not able to do so<n id="3" /> because the storm kept growing worse and worse.<n id="4" />

<p class="poetry">You threw me<n id="1" /> into the deep waters,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">into the middle<n id="3" /> of the sea;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">the ocean current<n id="5" /> engulfed<n id="6" /> me;p> <p class="poetry">all the mighty waves<n id="7" /> you sent<n id="8" /> swept<n id="9" /> over me.<n id="10" />p>

He said to them, &#8220;I am a Hebrew! And I worship<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="2" /> the God of heaven,<n id="3" /> who made the sea and the dry land.&#8221;

The sailors were so afraid that each cried out<n id="1" /> to his own god<n id="2" /> and they flung<n id="3" /> the ship&#8217;s cargo<n id="4" /> overboard<n id="5" /> to make the ship lighter.<n id="6" /> Jonah, meanwhile,<n id="7" /> had gone down<n id="8" /> into the hold<n id="9" /> below deck,<n id="10" /> had lain down, and was sound asleep.<n id="11" />