Jonah 1:11-13

The Voice

¹¹(shouting over the building storm) What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?

Jonah (shouting back): ¹²God is using the sea to punish me, so pick me up and throw me into the sea! Then the sea will grow calm again, and you’ll be safe! This is all my fault! This great storm of my God’s anger has built against you because of me!

The sailors fear what will happen to them if they kill one of God’s people.

¹³The sailors ignored Jonah’s advice and tried to row back to land. They made no headway because the violence of the storm kept growing.

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