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JON-1:1 Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of
Amittai,
saying,
JON-1:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against
it;
for their wickedness is come up before me.
JON-1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the
presence of
the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to
Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to
go
with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
JON-1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and
there
was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be
broken.
JON-1:5 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto
his
god, and cast forth the wares that [were] in the ship into the
sea, to
lighten [it] of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of
the
ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
JON-1:6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What
meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that
God
will think upon us, that we perish not.
JON-1:7 And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us
cast
lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil [is] upon us.
So they
cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
JON-1:8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for
whose
cause this evil [is] upon us; What [is] thine occupation? and
whence
comest thou? what [is] thy country? and of what people [art]
thou?
JON-1:9 And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the
LORD,
the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry [land].
JON-1:10 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto
him, Why
hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the
presence
of the LORD, because he had told them.
JON-1:11 Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee,
that
the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was
tempestuous.
JON-1:12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth
into
the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for
my
sake this great tempest [is] upon you.
JON-1:13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring [it] to the
land;
but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous
against
them.
JON-1:14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We
beseech
thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's
life,
and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done
as it
pleased thee.
JON-1:15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea:
and
the sea ceased from her raging.
JON-1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a
sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
JON-1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up
Jonah.
And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three
nights.
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