1The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai:H1697H3068H3124H1121H573H5592"Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me."H6965H3212H5210H1419H5892H7121H7451H5927H64403But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.H3124H6965H1272H8659H6440H3068H3381H3305H4672H591H935H8659H5414H7939H3381H935H8659H6440H30684Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.H3068H2904H1419H7307H3220H1419H5591H3220H591H2803H76655All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.H4419H3372H2199H376H430H2904H3627H591H3220H7043H3124H3381H3411H5600H7901H72906The captain went to him and said, "How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish."H7227H2259H7126H559H7290H6965H7121H430H430H6245H67Then the sailors said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity." They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.H559H376H7453H3212H5307H1486H3045H7945H7451H5307H1486H1486H5307H31248So they asked him, "Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?"H559H5046H7451H4399H370H935H776H59719He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land."H559H5680H3373H3068H430H8064H6213H3220H300410This terrified them and they asked, "What have you done?" (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.)H582H1419H3374H3372H559H6213H582H3045H1272H6440H3068H504611The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"H559H6213H3220H8367H3220H1980H559012"Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you."H559H5375H2904H3220H3220H8367H3045H7945H1419H559113Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.H582H2864H7725H3004H3201H3220H1980H559014Then they cried to the LORD, "O LORD, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O LORD, have done as you pleased."H7121H3068H559H577H3068H6H376H5315H5414H5355H1818H3068H6213H265415Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.H5375H3124H2904H3220H3220H5975H219716At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him.H582H3372H3068H1419H3374H2076H2077H3068H5087H5088
Jonah’s Prayer
17But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.H3068H4487H1419H1709H1104H3124H3124H4578H1709H7969H3117H7969H3915