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Jonah Runs from the Lord

One day the Lord told Jonah, the son of Amittai, to go to the great city of Nineveh and say to the people, “The Lord has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!” Instead, Jonah ran from the Lord. He went to the seaport of Joppa and found a ship that was going to Spain. So he paid his fare, then got on the ship and sailed away to escape. ...

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  1. Jeroboam extended the boundaries of Israel from Lebo-Hamath in the north to the Dead Sea in the south, just as the Lord had promised his servant Jonah son of Amittai, who was a prophet from Gath-Hepher.
  2. Jonah Runs from the Lord

    One day the Lord told Jonah, the son of Amittai,
  3. Instead, Jonah ran from the Lord. He went to the seaport of Joppa and found a ship that was going to Spain. So he paid his fare, then got on the ship and sailed away to escape.
  4. The sailors were frightened, and they all started praying to their gods. They even threw the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. All this time, Jonah was down below deck, sound asleep.
  5. Finally, the sailors got together and said, “Let's ask our gods to show us who caused all this trouble.” It turned out to be Jonah.
  6. Jonah answered, “I'm a Hebrew, and I worship the Lord God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
  7. When the sailors heard this, they were frightened, because Jonah had already told them he was running from the Lord. Then they said, “Do you know what you have done?”
  8. Jonah told them, “Throw me into the sea, and it will calm down. I'm the cause of this terrible storm.”
  9. Then they threw Jonah overboard, and the sea calmed down.
  10. The Lord sent a big fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
  11. Jonah's Prayer

    From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the Lord his God:
  12. The Lord commanded the fish to vomit up Jonah on the shore. And it did.
  13. Jonah Goes to Nineveh

    Once again the Lord told Jonah
  14. Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. The city was so big that it took three days just to walk through it.
  15. After walking for a day, Jonah warned the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed!”
  16. Jonah Gets Angry with the Lord

    Jonah was really upset and angry.
  17. Jonah then left through the east gate of the city and made a shelter to protect himself from the sun. He sat under the shelter, waiting to see what would happen to Nineveh.
  18. The Lord made a vine grow up to shade Jonah's head and protect him from the sun. Jonah was very happy to have the vine,
  19. During the day the Lord sent a scorching wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to die, and he shouted, “I wish I were dead!”
  20. But the Lord asked, “Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?” “Yes, I do,” he answered, “and I'm angry enough to die.”
  21. But Jesus replied: You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will get is the sign of the prophet Jonah.
  22. On the day of judgment the people of Nineveh will stand there with you and condemn you. They turned to God when Jonah preached, and yet here is something far greater than Jonah.
  23. You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will be given is what happened to Jonah. Then Jesus left.
  24. Jesus told him: Simon, son of Jonah, you are blessed! You didn't discover this on your own. It was shown to you by my Father in heaven.
  25. A Sign from God

    (Matthew 12.38-42; Mark 8.12)

    As crowds were gathering around Jesus, he said: You people of today are evil! You keep looking for a sign from God. But what happened to Jonah is the only sign you will be given.
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47 topical index results for “Jonah”

GOURD : Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the American squash, used in Assyria to cover huts (Jonah 4:6-10)
NINEVEH : Contained a population of upwards of one-hundred and twenty thousand people, when Jonah preached (Jonah 4:11)
AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES » Exemplified » Jonah (Jonah 2:7)
ANGER » INSTANCES OF » Jonah, because the gourd withered (Jonah 4:1,2,4,9)
BACKSLIDERS » INSTANCES OF » Jonah (Jonah 1:3)
BACKSLIDERS » INSTANCES OF » Jonah (Jonah 2;)
CONVICTION » INSTANCES OF » After casting Jonah into the sea (Jonah 1:16)
CONVICTION » INSTANCES OF » Jonah, in the belly of the great fish (Jonah 2)
DESPONDENCY » INSTANCES OF » Jonah after he had preached to the Ninevites (Jonah 4:3,8)
DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD » INSTANCES OF » Of Jonah, in refusing to deliver the message to the Ninevites (Jonah 1)
FAITH » INSTANCES OF » Ninevites, in obeying Jonah (Jonah 3:5)
FASTING » INSTANCES OF » Ninevites, when Jonah preached to them (Jonah 3:5-10)
FEAR OF GOD » CONSPICUOUS INSTANCES OF THOSE WHO FEARED » Jonah, during the storm (Jonah 1:9)
GOD » HIS PRESERVING CARE EXEMPLIFIED » Jonah (Jonah 1:17)
JONAS » JONAS » See JONAH