Jonah 1
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Now the word of the Lord came to a Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
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"Arise, go to b Nineveh, that c great city, and call out against it, d for their evil has come up before me."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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And they said to one another, "Come, let us n cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
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Then they said to him, "Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?"
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And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear o the Lord, the God of heaven, p who made the sea and the dry land."
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Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, "What is this that you have done!" For the men knew that h he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.
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Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may quiet down for us?" For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
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He said to them, "Pick me up and hurl me into the sea; then the sea will quiet down for you, q for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you."
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Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
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Therefore they called out to the Lord, "O Lord, let us not perish for this man's life, and r lay not on us innocent blood, s for you, O Lord, have done as it pleased you."
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So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, t and the sea ceased from its raging.
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Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, u and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord v and made vows.
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And the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. w And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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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.
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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...
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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?
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Revelation 18:5
For her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Joshua 19:46
And Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa.
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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.
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Psalms 107:25
For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
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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.
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Psalms 107:28
Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress.
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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.
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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.
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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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Judges 20:9
But now this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot.
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Revelation 11:13
And at that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
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Psalms 146:6
Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever.
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Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
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Joshua 7:20
And Achan answered Joshua, "Truly I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel, and this is what I did:
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Deuteronomy 21:8
Accept atonement, O Lord, for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and do not set the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, so that their blood guilt be atoned for.
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Psalms 115:3
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
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Psalms 65:7
Who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
Luke 8:24
And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm.
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Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 31:54
And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.
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Jonah 2:9
But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!
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Matthew 12:40
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." So he left them and departed.
Luke 11:30
For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
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