1 Jonah, sent to Nineveh, flees to Tarshish.
4 He is bewrayed by a tempest;
11 thrown into the sea;
17 and swallowed by a fish.

Jonah. 2Ki 14:25 Mt 12:39 16:4 Lu 11:29,30,32

Jonas.

2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

Nineveh. 3:2 4:11 Ge 10:11 2Ki 19:36 Na 1:1 2:1-3:19 Zep 2:13-15

cry. 3:2 Isa 58:1 Jer 1:7-10 Eze 2:7 3:5-9 Mic 3:8 Mt 10:18

for. Ge 18:20,21 Ezr 9:6 Jas 5:4 Re 18:5

3 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. 4:2 Ex 4:13,14 1Ki 19:3,9 Jer 20:7-9 Eze 3:14 Lu 9:62 Ac 15:38 26:19 1Co 9:16

from. Ge 3:8 4:16 Job 1:12 2:7 Ps 139:7-12 2Th 1:9

Joppa. Jos 19:46 2Ch 2:16 Ac 9:36

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.

Isa 2:16 23:1,6,10 60:9 Eze 27:12

4 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.

the Lord. Ex 10:13,19 14:21 15:10 Nu 11:31 Ps 107:24-31 135:7 Am 4:13 Mt 8:24-27 Ac 27:13-20

sent out. Heb. cast forth. like. Heb. thought.

5 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.

cried. 6,14,16 1Ki 18:26 Isa 44:17-20 45:20 Jer 2:28 Ho 7:14

and cast. Job 2:4 Ac 27:18,19,38 Php 3:7,8

the sides. 1Sa 24:3

and was. Jud 16:19 Mt 25:5 26:40,41,43,45 Lu 22:45,46

6 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.

What. Isa 3:15 Eze 18:2 Ac 21:13 Ro 13:11 Eph 5:14

arise. Ps 78:34 107:6,12,13,18-20,28,29 Jer 2:27,28 Mr 4:37-41

if. 3:9 2Sa 12:22 Es 4:16 Joe 2:11 Am 5:15

7 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. Jud 7:13,14 Isa 41:6,7

and let. Jos 7:14-18 Jud 20:9,10 1Sa 10:20,21 14:41,42 Es 3:7 Ps 22:18 Pr 16:33 Mt 27:35 Ac 1:23-26 13:19

for. Jos 7:10,13 22:16-20 1Sa 14:38,39 Job 10:2

and the. Nu 32:23 Jos 7:18 1Co 4:5

8 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?

Tell. Jos 7:19 1Sa 14:43 Jas 5:16

What is thine. Ge 47:3 1Sa 30:13

9 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. Ge 14:13 39:14 Php 3:5

and I. 2Ki 17:25,28,32-35 Job 1:9 Ho 3:5 Ac 27:23 Re 15:4

the Lord. or, Jehovah. the God. Ezr 1:2 5:11 7:12,13 Ne 1:4 2:4 Ps 136:26 Da 2:18,19,44 Re 11:13 16:11

which. Ne 9:6 Ps 95:5,6 146:5,6 Ac 14:15 17:23-25

10 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.

were. Joh 19:8

exceedingly afraid. Heb. afraid, with great fear. Da 5:6-9

Why. Jos 7:25 2Sa 24:3

he fled. 3 Job 27:22

11 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.

What. 1Sa 6:2,3 2Sa 21:1-6 24:11-13 Mic 6:6,7

calm unto us. Heb. silent from us. wrought, and was tempestuous. or, grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went and was, etc.

12 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.

Take. 2Sa 24:17 Joh 11:50

for. Jos 7:12,20,21 1Ch 21:17 Ec 9:18 Ac 27:24

13 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 Pr 21:30

14 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.

they. 5,16 Ps 107:28 Isa 26:16

let. Ge 9:6 De 21:8 Ac 28:4

for. Ps 115:3 135:6 Da 4:34,35 Mt 11:26 Eph 1:9,11

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

they. Jos 7:24-26 2Sa 21:8,9

and the. Ps 89:9 93:3,4 107:29 Mt 8:26 Lu 8:24

ceased. Heb. stood.

16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

feared. 10 Isa 26:9 Da 4:34-37 6:26 Mr 4:31 Ac 5:11

offered, etc. Heb. sacrificed a sacrifice unto the Lord, and vowed vows. Ge 8:20 Jud 13:16 2Ki 5:17 Ps 107:22 Isa 60:5-7

made. Ge 28:20 Ps 50:14 66:13-16 116:14 Ec 5:4

17 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.

the Lord. 4:6 Ge 1:21 Ps 104:25,26 Hab 3:2

in. Mt 12:40 16:4 Lu 11:30

belly. Heb. bowels.