\id JON
\h Jonah 
\toc3 JON 
\toc2 Jonah 
\toc1 Jonah 
\mt1 Jonah  
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\v 1 \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amittai, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*,   
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\v 2 “\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*! \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w preach|strong="H7121"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, \w however|strong="H4672"\w*, \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ship bound \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*. \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w fare|strong="H7939"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* aboard \w to|strong="H3381"\w* sail \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w hurled|strong="H2904"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w upon|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w such|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w violent|strong="H5591"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w arose|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ship \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* danger \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w breaking|strong="H7665"\w* \w apart|strong="H7307"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sailors|strong="H4419"\w* \w were|strong="H3627"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w and|strong="H3381"\w* each \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* own god. \w And|strong="H3381"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w threw|strong="H2904"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ship|strong="H5600"\w*’s \w cargo|strong="H3627"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w lighten|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* load. \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w had|strong="H3124"\w* \w gone|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* lowest \w part|strong="H3411"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*, \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w lay|strong="H7901"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w and|strong="H3381"\w* \w fell|strong="H3381"\w* \w into|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w deep|strong="H7290"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H7121"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w approached|strong="H7126"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7290"\w*? \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w upon|strong="H7121"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. Perhaps \w this|strong="H7121"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* consider \w us|strong="H7121"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* perish.”   
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\v 7 “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*!” said \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sailors \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w one|strong="H7453"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*. “\w Let|strong="H3212"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w find|strong="H3045"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* responsible \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w So|strong="H2063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w lot|strong="H1486"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*.   
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\v 8 “\w Tell|strong="H5046"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w* \w now|strong="H4994"\w*,” \w they|strong="H4100"\w* demanded, “\w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* blame \w for|strong="H7451"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w calamity|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w upon|strong="H7451"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w occupation|strong="H4399"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* country, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*?”   
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\v 9 “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w*,” replied Jonah. “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3373"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w land|strong="H3004"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w more|strong="H1419"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w*?” \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w fleeing|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H3220"\w* \w growing|strong="H1980"\w* worse \w and|strong="H1980"\w* worse, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* said \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Jonah, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* must \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w calm|strong="H8367"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*?”   
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\v 12 “\w Pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w*,” \w he|strong="H3588"\w* answered, “\w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w so|strong="H5375"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w may|strong="H3220"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8367"\w* \w down|strong="H2904"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w to|strong="H5921"\w* blame \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w violent|strong="H5591"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w come|strong="H3045"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w Nevertheless|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H1980"\w* \w rowed|strong="H2864"\w* \w hard|strong="H2864"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w get|strong="H1980"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w dry|strong="H3004"\w* \w land|strong="H3004"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* raging \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cried|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*: “\w Please|strong="H4994"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* perish \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w account|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w*’s \w life|strong="H5315"\w*! \w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w charge|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w pleased|strong="H2654"\w*.”   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w cast|strong="H2904"\w* \w him|strong="H5975"\w* \w into|strong="H3220"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w raging|strong="H2197"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w grew|strong="H5375"\w* calm.   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H1419"\w* \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w greatly|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5087"\w* \w vows|strong="H5088"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Him|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 17 Now the \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* had appointed \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.   
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\v 1 \w From|strong="H3117"\w* \w inside|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w*, \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* prayed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,   
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\v 2 saying: “\w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* distress \w I|strong="H3068"\w* called \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* answered me. \w From|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w belly|strong="H4578"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Sheol \w I|strong="H3068"\w* called \w for|strong="H3068"\w* help, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H6419"\w* heard \w my|strong="H3068"\w* voice.   
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\v 3 \w For|strong="H7121"\w* \w You|strong="H6030"\w* \w cast|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* deep, into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w heart|strong="H8085"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* seas, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* current swirled \w about|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*; \w all|strong="H7121"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* breakers \w and|strong="H3068"\w* waves swept \w over|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H5674"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* said, ‘\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5104"\w* \w been|strong="H3605"\w* banished \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* sight; \w yet|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* look once \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* holy temple.’   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3254"\w* waters engulfed \w me|strong="H5048"\w* \w to|strong="H5869"\w* \w take|strong="H3254"\w* \w my|strong="H5048"\w* life; \w the|strong="H3254"\w* watery depths closed around \w me|strong="H5048"\w*; \w the|strong="H3254"\w* seaweed wrapped around \w my|strong="H5048"\w* head.   
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\v 6 \w To|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* roots \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* mountains \w I|strong="H5704"\w* descended; \w the|strong="H5704"\w* earth beneath \w me|strong="H5315"\w* barred \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w forever|strong="H5704"\w*! \w But|strong="H4325"\w* \w You|strong="H5704"\w* raised \w my|strong="H5704"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* pit, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5704"\w* God!   
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\v 7 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* fading \w away|strong="H5927"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* remembered \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w My|strong="H3068"\w* prayer \w went|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w You|strong="H3381"\w*, \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Your|strong="H3068"\w* holy temple.   
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\v 8 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* cling \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worthless idols forsake \w His|strong="H3068"\w* loving devotion.   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* I, with \w the|strong="H8104"\w* voice \w of|strong="H2617"\w* thanksgiving, \w will|strong="H2617"\w* sacrifice \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w You|strong="H5800"\w*. I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* fulfill what I \w have|strong="H8104"\w* vowed. Salvation \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w from|strong="H8104"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*!”   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* commanded \w the|strong="H3068"\w* fish, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7999"\w* vomited Jonah onto dry land.   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w time|strong="H8145"\w*:   
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\v 2 “\w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*! \w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w it|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* message \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w give|strong="H1696"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* accordance \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Now|strong="H1961"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H1419"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, requiring \w a|strong="H3068"\w* three-day \w journey|strong="H4109"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w journey|strong="H4109"\w*, \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* set out \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w*, “Forty \w more|strong="H5750"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w overturned|strong="H2015"\w*!”   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* Ninevites believed God. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w fast|strong="H6685"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w dressed|strong="H3847"\w* \w in|strong="H3847"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* \w of|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w least|strong="H6996"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H5674"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w reached|strong="H5060"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* robe, \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w himself|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* ashes.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H1241"\w* \w issued|strong="H2199"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w proclamation|strong="H2199"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*: “\w By|strong="H4325"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w decree|strong="H2940"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H4428"\w* \w nobles|strong="H1419"\w*: Let \w no|strong="H8354"\w* \w man|strong="H1419"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* beast, \w herd|strong="H1241"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* \w anything|strong="H3972"\w* \w at|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w*. \w They|strong="H4428"\w* must \w not|strong="H4325"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.   
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\v 8 Furthermore, \w let|strong="H7725"\w* \w both|strong="H4480"\w* \w man|strong="H7451"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* beast \w be|strong="H1870"\w* \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* \w with|strong="H3680"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w have|strong="H7451"\w* everyone \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H4480"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H2394"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* God. \w Let|strong="H7725"\w* each \w one|strong="H4480"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w violence|strong="H2555"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w knows|strong="H3045"\w*? \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H4310"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w relent|strong="H5162"\w*; \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H4310"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w His|strong="H7725"\w* \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w*, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* perish.”   
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\v 10 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w actions|strong="H4639"\w*—\w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*—\w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w relented|strong="H5162"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w* \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w threatened|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, however, \w was|strong="H7451"\w* \w greatly|strong="H1419"\w* \w displeased|strong="H7489"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* he \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w saying|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w while|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* country? \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* quick \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gracious|strong="H2587"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w compassionate|strong="H7349"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, slow \w to|strong="H5704"\w* anger, \w abounding|strong="H7227"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*—\w One|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w relents|strong="H5162"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* sending \w disaster|strong="H7451"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w than|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “\w Have|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* any \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*?”   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w left|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w*, \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shelter|strong="H5521"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w its|strong="H8478"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4487"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vine, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w grew|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* provide \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* ease \w his|strong="H3068"\w* discomfort, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w greatly|strong="H1419"\w* \w pleased|strong="H8055"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w When|strong="H5927"\w* \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w* \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, God \w appointed|strong="H4487"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w worm|strong="H8438"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w attacked|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w* \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w it|strong="H5927"\w* \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* rising, God \w appointed|strong="H4487"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w scorching|strong="H2759"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w beat|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* grew \w faint|strong="H5968"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w wished|strong="H7592"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, saying, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H5315"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w* \w than|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.”   
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\v 9 Then \w God|strong="H3190"\w* asked \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, “\w Have|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* any right \w to|strong="H5704"\w* be \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*?” “\w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3190"\w*,” \w he|strong="H5704"\w* replied. “\w I|strong="H5704"\w* am \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* enough \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*!”   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* cared \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*, \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* tended \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w grow|strong="H1431"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* sprang \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* perished \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w should|strong="H3225"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*, \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w has|strong="H3426"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H7235"\w* 120,000 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* cattle \w as|strong="H5892"\w* \w well|strong="H3045"\w*?”