Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord

Jonah 1

1 Now the word of the Lord came to a Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 "Arise, go to b Nineveh, that c great city, and call out against it, d for their evil 1 has come up before me." 3 But Jonah e rose to flee to f Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to g Joppa and found a ship going to f Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to f Tarshish, h away from the presence of the Lord.

4 But i the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened j to break up. 5 Then the mariners were afraid, and k each cried out to his god. And l they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. 6 So the captain came and said to him, "What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, k call out to your god! m Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish."

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:25
    He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 10:11 - 12
    From that land he went into Assyria and built N...
    2 Kings 19:36
    Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and w...
    Nahum 1:1
    An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the v...
    Zephaniah 2:13
    And he will stretch out his hand against the no...
    Matthew 12:41
    The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment...
    Luke 11:30
    For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nin...
    Luke 11:32
    The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment...
  3. Cross References
    Jonah 3:3
    So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey in breadth.
    Jonah 4:11
    And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?
  4. Cross References
    Revelation 18:5
    For her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
  5. Cross References
    Jonah 4:2
    And he prayed to the Lord and said, "O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.
  6. Cross References
    1 Kings 10:22
    For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  7. Cross References
    1 Kings 10:22
    For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 10:22
    For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 19:46
    And Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 4:16
    Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
    Psalms 139:9 - 10
    If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 107:25
    For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
  12. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:48
    Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
    Psalms 48:7
    By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 107:28
    Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
  14. Cross References
    Acts 27:18 - 19
    Since we were violently storm-tossed, they began the next day to jettison the cargo.
    Acts 27:38
    And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.
  15. Cross References
    Jonah 1:5
    Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.
  16. Cross References
    Jonah 3:9
    Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.
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