1The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying,H1697H3068H3124H1121H573H5592"Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me."H6965H3212H5210H1419H5892H7121H7451H5927H64403But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.H3124H6965H1272H8659H6440H3068H3381H3305H4672H591H935H8659H5414H7939H3381H935H8659H6440H30684And the LORD hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.H3068H2904H1419H7307H3220H1419H5591H3220H591H2803H76655Then the sailors became afraid, and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten [it] for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down, and fallen sound asleep.H4419H3372H2199H376H430H2904H3627H591H3220H7043H3124H3381H3411H5600H7901H72906So the captain approached him and said, "How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps [your] god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish."H7227H2259H7126H559H7290H6965H7121H430H430H6245H67And each man said to his mate, "Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity [has struck] us." So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.H559H376H7453H3212H5307H1486H3045H7945H7451H5307H1486H1486H5307H31248Then they said to him, "Tell us, now! On whose account [has] this calamity [struck] us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?"H559H5046H7451H4399H370H935H776H59719And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land."H559H5680H3373H3068H430H8064H6213H3220H300410Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, "How could you do this?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.H582H1419H3374H3372H559H6213H582H3045H1272H6440H3068H504611So they said to him, "What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?"— for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.H559H6213H3220H8367H3220H1980H559012And he said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm [has come] upon you."H559H5375H2904H3220H3220H8367H3045H7945H1419H559113However, the men rowed [desperately] to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming [even] stormier against them.H582H2864H7725H3004H3201H3220H1980H559014Then they called on the LORD and said, "We earnestly pray, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put innocent blood on us; for Thou, O LORD, hast done as Thou hast pleased."H7121H3068H559H577H3068H6H376H5315H5414H5355H1818H3068H6213H265415So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.H5375H3124H2904H3220H3220H5975H219716Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.H582H3372H3068H1419H3374H2076H2077H3068H5087H508817And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.H3068H4487H1419H1709H1104H3124H3124H4578H1709H7969H3117H7969H3915
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