Jonah 1
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Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Nineveh.

Jonah 3:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching …

Jonah 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city…

Genesis 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city …

2 Kings 19:36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and …

Nahum 1:1 The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nahum 2:1-3:19 He that dashes in pieces is come up before your face: keep the fortification, …

Zephaniah 2:13-15 And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; …

cry.

Jonah 3:2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching …

Isaiah 58:1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show …

Jeremiah 1:7-10 But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go …

Ezekiel 2:7 And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or …

Ezekiel 3:5-9 For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard …

Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, …

Matthew 10:18 And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, …

for.

Genesis 18:20,21 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, …

Ezra 9:6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to …

James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, …

Revelation 18:5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

to flee.

Jonah 4:2 And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not …

Exodus 4:13,14 And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom …

1 Kings 19:3,9 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to …

Jeremiah 20:7-9 O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger …

Ezekiel 3:14 So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, …

Luke 9:62 And Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, …

Acts 15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from …

Acts 26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision:

1 Corinthians 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity …

from.

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in …

Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelled in the …

Job 1:12 And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; …

Job 2:7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job …

Psalm 139:7-12 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence…

2 Thessalonians 1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence …

Joppa.

Joshua 19:46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.

2 Chronicles 2:16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need: and …

Acts 9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by …

Tarshish. As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in Spain, to which he intended to flee. When we reflect how such a message would be received in the streets of London at this day, we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh.

Isaiah 2:16 And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all pleasant pictures.

Isaiah 23:1,6,10 The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, …

Isaiah 60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, …

Ezekiel 27:12 Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind …

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.

every.

Judges 7:13,14 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream …

Isaiah 41:6,7 They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, …

and let.

Joshua 7:14-18 In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes: …

Judges 20:9,10 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will …

1 Samuel 10:20,21 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, …

1 Samuel 14:41,42 Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. …

Esther 3:7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year …

Psalm 22:18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots on my clothing.

Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

Matthew 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that …

Acts 1:23-26 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed …

Acts 13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he …

for.

Joshua 7:10,13 And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face…

Joshua 22:16-20 Thus said the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this …

1 Samuel 14:38,39 And Saul said, Draw you near here, all the chief of the people: and …

Job 10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.

and the.

Numbers 32:23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD: …

Joshua 7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, …

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who …

Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

I am.

Genesis 14:13 And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for …

Genesis 39:14 That she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, …

Philippians 3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe …

and I.

2 Kings 17:25,28,32-35 And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they …

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

Hosea 3:5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD …

Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Revelation 15:4 Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only …

the Lord. or, Jehovah. the God.

Ezra 1:2 Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven has given …

Ezra 5:11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of …

Ezra 7:12,13 Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law …

Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and …

Nehemiah 2:4 Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed …

Psalm 136:26 O give thanks to the God of heaven: for his mercy endures for ever.

Daniel 2:18,19,44 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret…

Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part …

Revelation 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their …

which.

Nehemiah 9:6 You, even you, are LORD alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of …

Psalm 95:5,6 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land…

Psalm 146:5,6 Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is …

Acts 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like …

Acts 17:23-25 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with …

Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Nevertheless the. There was great humanity and tender feeling in these men. They were probably affected deeply with the candid confession, the disinterested, submissive conduct of the disobedient prophet, and were unwilling to cast him into the deep, until they found that every effort to save themselves was in vain.

rowed. Heb. digged. but.

Job 34:29 When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides …

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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