Jonah Chapter v1

 

1:1 The word of יַהְוֶה came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, v2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." v3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of יַהְוֶה. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of יַהְוֶה. v4 And יַהְוֶה hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up. v5 Then the sailors became afraid, and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten itfor them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down, and fallen sound asleep. v6 So the captain approached him and said, "How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish." v7 And each man said to his mate, "Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us." So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. v8 Then they said to him, "Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?" v9 And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear יַהְוֶה Almighty of heaven who made the sea and the dry land." v10 Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, "How could you do this?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of יַהְוֶה, because he had told them. v11 So they said to him, "What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?"-- for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy. v12 And he said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you." v13 However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them. v14 Then they called on יַהְוֶה and said, "We earnestly pray, O יַהְוֶה, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put innocent blood on us; for Thou, O יַהְוֶה, hast done as Thou hast pleased." v15 So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. v16 Then the men feared יַהְוֶה greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to יַהְוֶה and made vows. v17 And יַהְוֶה appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

 

Jonah Chapter v2

 

2:1 Then Jonah prayed to יַהְוֶה his Almighty from the stomach of the fish, v2 and he said, "I called out of my distress to יַהְוֶה, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; Thou didst hear my voice. v3 "For Thou hadst cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Thy breakers and billows passed over me. v4 "So I said, 'I have been expelled from Thy sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Thy holy temple.' v5 "Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head. v6 "I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But Thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O יַהְוֶה my Almighty. v7 "While I was fainting away, I remembered יַהְוֶה; And my prayer came to Thee, Into Thy holy temple. v8 "Those who regard vain idols Forsake their faithfulness, v9 But I will sacrifice to Thee With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from יַהְוֶה." v10 Then יַהְוֶה commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.

 

Jonah Chapter v3

 

3:1 Now the word of יַהְוֶה came to Jonah the second time, saying, v2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." v3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of יַהְוֶה. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. v4 Then Jonah began to go through the city one day's walk; and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown." v5 Then the people of Nineveh believed in the Almighty; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. v6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ashes. v7 And he issued a proclamation and it said, "In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. v8 "But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on the Almighty earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. v9 "Who knows, the Almighty may turn and relent, and withdraw His burning anger so that we shall not perish?" v10 When the Almighty saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then the Almighty relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.

 

Jonah Chapter v4

 

4:1 But it greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry. v2 And he prayed to יַהְוֶה and said, "Please יַהְוֶה, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and compassionate Almighty, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. v3 "Therefore now, O יַהְוֶה, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." v4 And יַהְוֶה said, "Do you have good reason to be angry?" v5 Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. v6 So יַהְוֶה Almighty appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant. v7 But the Almighty appointed a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered. v8 And it came about when the sun came up that the Almighty appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, "Death is better to me than life." v9 Then the Almighty said to Jonah, "Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death." v10 Then יַהְוֶה said, "You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work, and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. v11 "And should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than v120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?"