Jonah 1:16 - Prayer Tents

Jonah is Called to Go to Nineveh

1Now the word of the Lord came to Amittai's son Jonah.H1697H3068H3124H1121H573H559 2"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention."H6965H3212H5210H1419H5892H7121H7451H5927H6440

Jonah Runs from God’s Call

3But Jonah got up and fled from the Lord to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, and secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish. He paid the fare and boarded, intending to go with the mariners to Tarshish to escape from the Lord.H3124H6965H1272H8659H6440H3068H3381H3305H4672H591H935H8659H5414H7939H3381H935H8659H6440H3068 4Then the Lord sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up.H3068H2904H1419H7307H3220H1419H5591H3220H591H2803H7665 5At this point the mariners became terrified, and each man cried out to his gods. They began to throw the cargo into the sea in order to lighten the vessel. But Jonah had gone down into the vessel's hold, had laid down, and was fast asleep.H4419H3372H2199H376H430H2904H3627H591H3220H7043H3124H3381H3411H5600H7901H7290 6So the captain approached him, and said to him, "What are you doing asleep?Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!"H7227H2259H7126H559H7290H6965H7121H430H430H6245H6 7Meanwhile, each crewman said to another, "Come, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that we're in this trouble." So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah!H559H376H7453H3212H5307H1486H3045H7945H7451H5307H1486H1486H5307H3124 8So they interrogated him: "Tell us, why has this trouble come upon us?What's your occupation?Where'd you come from?What's your home country?What's your nationality?H559H5046H7451H4399H370H935H776H5971 9"I'm a Hebrew," he replied, "and I'm afraid of the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea along with the dry land!"H559H5680H3373H3068H430H8064H6213H3220H3004 10In mounting fear, the men asked him, "What have you done? The men were aware that he was fleeing from the Lord, because he had admitted this to them.H582H1419H3374H3372H559H6213H582H3045H1272H6440H3068H5046

Jonah is Thrown Overboard

11Because the sea was growing more and more stormy, they asked him, "What must we do to you so the sea will calm down for us?1H559H6213H3220H8367H3220H1980H5590 12Jonah said to them, "Pick me up and toss me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, because I know that it's my fault that this mighty storm has come upon you."H559H5375H2904H3220H3220H8367H3045H7945H1419H5591 13Even so, the crewmen rowed hard to bring the ship toward dry land, but they were unsuccessful, because the sea was growing more and more stormy.1H582H2864H7725H3004H3201H3220H1980H5590 14At last they cried out to the Lord, "Please, Lord, do not let us perish because of this man's life, and do not hold us responsible for innocent blood, because you, Lord, have done what pleased you."H7121H3068H559H577H3068H6H376H5315H5414H5355H1818H3068H6213H2654 15So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.H5375H3124H2904H3220H3220H5975H2197 16Then the men feared the Lord greatly, offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and made vows.1H582H3372H3068H1419H3374H2076H2077H3068H5087H5088 17Now the Lord had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.H3068H4487H1419H1709H1104H3124H3124H4578H1709H7969H3117H7969H3915