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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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Jonah 1

1. Now the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto

Jonah <3124> the son <1121> of Amittai <0573>, saying <0559>,

2 Arise <6965>, go <3212> to Nineveh <5210>, that great <1419>

city <5892>, and cry <7121> against <5921> it; for their

wickedness <7451> is come <5927> up before <6440> me.

3 But Jonah <3124> rose <6965> up to flee <1272> unto Tarshish

<8659> from the presence <6440> of the LORD <3068>, and went

<3381> down <3381> to Joppa <3305>; and he found <4672> a ship

<0591> going <0935> to Tarshish <8659>: so he paid <5414> the

fare <7939> thereof, and went <3381> down <3381> into it, to go

<0935> with them unto Tarshish <8659> from the presence <6440>

of the LORD <3068>.

4. But the LORD <3068> sent <2904> out a great <1419> wind

<7307> into <0413> the sea <3220>, and there was a mighty <1419>

tempest <5591> in the sea <3220>, so that the ship <0591> was

like <2803> to be broken <7665>.

5 Then the mariners <4419> were afraid <3372>, and cried <2199>

every man unto his god <0430>, and cast <2904> forth <2904> the

wares <3627> that [were] in the ship <0591> into <0413> the sea

<3220>, to lighten <7043> [it] of them. But Jonah <3124> was

gone <3381> down <3381> into <0413> the sides <3411> of the ship

<5600>; and he lay <7901>, and was fast asleep <7290>.

6 So the shipmaster came <7126> to him, and said <0559> unto

him, What <4100> meanest thou, O sleeper <7290>? arise <6965>,

call <7121> upon thy God <0430>, if <0194> so be that God <0430>

will think <6245> upon us, that we perish <6> not.

7 And they said <0559> every <0376> one <0376> to his fellow

<7453>, Come <3212>, and let us cast <5307> lots <1486>, that we

may know <3045> for whose <4310> cause <7945> this <2063> evil

<7451> [is] upon us. So they cast <5307> lots <1486>, and the

lot <1486> fell <5307> upon Jonah <3124>.

8 Then said <0559> they unto him, Tell <5046> us, we pray

<4994> thee, for whose cause <0834> this <2063> evil <7451> [is]

upon us; What <4100> [is] thine occupation <4399>? and whence

<0370> comest <0935> thou? what <4100> [is] thy country <0776>?

and of what people <5971> [art] thou?

9 And he said <0559> unto them, I [am] an Hebrew <5680>; and I

fear <3373> the LORD <3068>, the God <0430> of heaven <8064>,

which <0834> hath made <6213> the sea <3220> and the dry <3004>

[land].

10 Then were the men <0582> exceedingly <1419> afraid <3372>,

and said <0559> unto him, Why <4100> hast thou done <6213> this

<2063>? For the men <0582> knew <3045> that he fled <1272> from

the presence <6440> of the LORD <3068>, because <3588> he had

told <5046> them.

11. Then said <0559> they unto him, What <4100> shall we do

<6213> unto thee, that the sea <3220> may be calm <8367> unto

us? for the sea <3220> wrought <1980>, and was tempestuous

<5490>.

12 And he said <0559> unto them, Take <5375> me up, and cast

<2904> me forth <2904> into <0413> the sea <3220>; so shall the

sea <3220> be calm <8367> unto you: for I know <3045> that for

my sake <7945> this great <1419> tempest <5591> [is] upon you.

13 Nevertheless the men <0582> rowed <2864> hard to bring

<7725> [it] to the land <3004>; but they could <3201> not: for

the sea <3220> wrought <1980>, and was tempestuous <5490>

against <5921> them.

14 Wherefore they cried <7121> unto the LORD <3068>, and said

<0559>, We beseech <0577> thee, O LORD <3068>, we beseech <0577>

thee, let us not perish <6> for this <2088> man's <0376> life

<5315>, and lay <5414> not upon us innocent <5355> blood <1818>:

for thou, O LORD <3068>, hast done <6213> as it pleased <2654>

thee.

15 So they took up Jonah <3124>, and cast <2904> him forth

<2904> into <0413> the sea <3220>: and the sea <3220> ceased

<5975> from her raging <2197>.

16 Then the men <0582> feared <3372> the LORD <3068>

exceedingly <1419>, and offered <2076> a sacrifice <2077> unto

the LORD <3068>, and made vows <5088>.

17 Now the LORD <3068> had prepared <4487> a great <1419> fish

<1709> to swallow <1104> up Jonah <3124>. And Jonah <3124> was

in the belly <4578> of the fish <1709> three <7969> days <3117>

and three <7969> nights <3915>.

Jonah 2

1. Then Jonah <3124> prayed <6419> unto the LORD <3068> his God

<0430> out of the fish's <1710> belly <4578>,

2 And said <0559>, I cried <7121> by reason of mine affliction

<6869> unto the LORD <3068>, and he heard <6030> me; out of the

belly <0990> of hell <7585> cried <7768> I, [and] thou heardest

<8085> my voice <6963>.

3 For thou hadst cast <7993> me into the deep <4688>, in the

midst <3824> of the seas <3220>; and the floods <5104> compassed

<5437> me about: all <3605> thy billows <4867> and thy waves

<1530> passed <5674> over <5674> me.

4 Then I said <0559>, I am cast <1644> out of thy sight <5869>;

yet <0389> I will look <5027> again <3254> toward <0413> thy

holy <6944> temple <1964>.

5 The waters <4325> compassed <0661> me about, [even] to the

soul <5315>: the depth <8415> closed <5437> me round <5437>

about, the weeds <5488> were wrapped <2280> about my head <7218>.

6 I went <3381> down <3381> to the bottoms of the mountains

<2022>; the earth <0776> with her bars <1280> [was] about <1157>

me for ever <5769>: yet hast thou brought <5927> up my life

<2416> from corruption <7845>, O LORD <3068> my God <0430>.

7 When my soul <5315> fainted <5848> within <5921> me I

remembered <2142> the LORD <3068>: and my prayer <8605> came

<0935> in unto thee, into <0413> thine holy <6944> temple <1964>.

8 They that observe <8104> lying <7723> vanities <1892> forsake

<5800> their own mercy <2617>.

9 But I will sacrifice <2076> unto thee with the voice <6963>

of thanksgiving <8426>; I will pay <7999> [that] that I have

vowed <5087>. Salvation <3444> [is] of the LORD <3068>.

10. And the LORD <3068> spake <0559> unto the fish <1709>, and

it vomited <6958> out Jonah <3124> upon the dry <3004> [land].

Jonah 3

1. And the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto

Jonah <3124> the second <8145> time, saying <0559>,

2 Arise <6965>, go <3312> unto Nineveh <5210>, that great

<1419> city <5892>, and preach <7121> unto it the preaching

<7150> that I bid <1696> thee.

3 So Jonah <3124> arose <6965>, and went <3212> unto Nineveh

<5210>, according to the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>. Now

Nineveh <5210> was an exceeding <0430> great <1419> city <5892>

of three <7969> days <3117>' journey <4109>.

4 And Jonah <3124> began <2490> to enter <0935> into the city

<5892> a day's <3117> journey <4109>, and he cried <7121>, and

said <0559>, Yet <5750> forty <0705> days <3117>, and Nineveh

<5210> shall be overthrown <2015>.

5. So the people <0582> of Nineveh <5210> believed <0539> God

<0430>, and proclaimed <7121> a fast <6685>, and put <3847> on

sackcloth <8242>, from the greatest <1419> of them even to the

least <6996> of them.

6 For word <1697> came <5060> unto the king <4428> of Nineveh

<5210>, and he arose <6965> from his throne <3678>, and he laid

<5674> his robe <0155> from him, and covered <3680> [him] with

sackcloth <8242>, and sat <3427> in ashes <0665>.

7 And he caused [it] to be proclaimed <2199> and published

<0559> through Nineveh <5210> by the decree <2940> of the king

<4428> and his nobles <1419>, saying <0559>, Let neither <0369>

man <0120> nor beast <0929>, herd <1241> nor flock <6629>, taste

<2938> any <3792> thing: let them not feed <7462>, nor <0408>

drink <8354> water <4325>:

8 But let man <0120> and beast <0929> be covered <3680> with

sackcloth <8242>, and cry <7121> mightily <2393> unto God <0430>:

yea, let them turn <7725> every <0376> one <0376> from his evil

<7451> way <1870>, and from the violence <2555> that [is] in

their hands <3709>.

9 Who <4310> can tell <3045> [if] God <0430> will turn <7725>

and repent <5162>, and turn <7725> away from his fierce <2740>

anger <0639>, that we perish <6> not?

10 And God <0430> saw <7200> their works <4639>, that they

turned <7725> from their evil <7451> way <1870>; and God <0430>

repented <5162> of the evil <7451>, that he had said <1696> that

he would do <6213> unto them; and he did <6213> [it] not.

Jonah 4

1. But it displeased Jonah <3124> exceedingly <1419>, and he

was very angry <2734>.

2 And he prayed <6419> unto the LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, I

pray <0577> thee, O LORD <3068>, [was] not this <2088> my saying

<1697>, when <5704> I was yet <5704> in my country <0127>?

Therefore I fled <1272> before <6924> unto Tarshish <8659>: for

I knew <3045> that thou [art] a gracious <2587> God <0410>, and

merciful <7349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639>, and of great

<7227> kindness <2617>, and repentest <5162> thee of the evil

<7451>.

3 Therefore now <6258>, O LORD <3068>, take <3947>, I beseech

<4994> thee, my life <5315> from me; for [it is] better <2896>

for me to die <4194> than to live <2416>.

4 Then said <0559> the LORD <3068>, Doest thou well <3190> to

be angry <2734>?

5. So Jonah <3124> went <3318> out of the city <5892>, and sat

<3427> on the east <6924> side <6924> of the city <5892>, and

there <8033> made <6213> him a booth <5521>, and sat <3427>

under <8478> it in the shadow <6738>, till <5704> he might see

<7200> what <4100> would become <1961> of the city <5892>.

6 And the LORD <3068> God <0430> prepared <4487> a gourd <7021>,

and made [it] to come <5927> up over <5921> Jonah <3124>, that

it might be a shadow <6738> over <5921> his head <7218>, to

deliver <5337> him from his grief <7451>. So Jonah <3124> was

exceeding <1419> glad <8056> of the gourd <7021>.

7 But God <0430> prepared <4487> a worm <8438> when the morning

<7837> rose <5927> the next <4283> day <4283>, and it smote

<5221> the gourd <7021> that it withered <3001>.

8 And it came <1961> to pass, when the sun <8121> did arise

<2224>, that God <0430> prepared <4487> a vehement <2759> east

<6921> wind <7307>; and the sun <8121> beat <5221> upon the head

<7218> of Jonah <3124>, that he fainted <5968>, and wished

<7592> in himself to die <4191>, and said <0559>, [It is] better

<2896> for me to die <4191> than to live <2416>.

9 And God <0430> said <0559> to Jonah <3124>, Doest thou well

<3190> to be angry <2734> for the gourd <7021>? And he said

<0559>, I do well <3190> to be angry <2734>, [even] unto death

<4194>.

10 Then said <0559> the LORD <3068>, Thou hast had pity <2347>

on <5921> the gourd <7021>, for the which <0834> thou hast not

laboured <5998>, neither <3808> madest it grow <1431>; which

came <1961> up in a night <3915>, and perished <6> in a night

<3915>:

11 And should not I spare <2347> Nineveh <5210>, that great

<1419> city <5892>, wherein are more <7227> than sixscore

thousand <7239> persons <0120> that cannot <3808> discern <3045>

between <0996> their right <3225> hand <3235> and their left

<8040> hand <8040>; and [also] much <7227> cattle <0929>?