\id JON - Aboriginal Plain English Version 
\h Jonah 
\toc3 Jonah 
\toc2 Jonah 
\toc1 The Book of Jonah 
\mt1 The story about Jonah  
\mt2 (The book in the Holy Bible called \k Jonah\k*)  
\imt1 About this story  
\ip This story is about a man called Jonah. He lived about 800 years before Jesus came to earth.  
\ip This story was in God’s book that the Israel people had before Jesus came to earth. That book is now the first part of the Holy Bible, called the Old Testament.  
\ip Jonah was a man that God picked to tell people his messages. Back then, God normally just told his own Israel people his messages, he didn’t normally tell messages to other nations. But the story of Jonah is different. Jonah lived in Israel country, but God sent him to a big city called Nineveh, that was not in Israel country. Nineveh was in a country called Assyria, and the people from Nineveh were enemies of God’s Israel people. God sent Jonah to Nineveh to tell the Nineveh people his message.  
\ip At first, Jonah didn’t listen to God. He tried to run away from God. But God still wanted to use Jonah to tell the Nineveh people his message. So God talked to Jonah again.  
\ip This story happened a long time ago, but it is still very important for us today. It shows us that God uses his people to share his messages. And it shows us that God cares about people, and that everyone needs to hear God’s message. And it shows us that sometimes bad people listen to God, and they tell him they are sorry, and they stop living the wrong way. And then God feels sorry for them, and he doesn’t punish them. He lets go of all the bad things that they did, and he is very good to them.  
\c 1  
\s1 Jonah ran away from God  
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\v 1 \w There|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Israel country called \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*. \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w father|strong="H1121"\w*’s name \w was|strong="H3068"\w* Amittai. \w One|strong="H1121"\w* day, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel talked \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*.\x * \xo 1:1 \xt 2 Kings 14:25\x* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* know \w the|strong="H6440"\w* big \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Israel country? \w The|strong="H6440"\w* people \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* do really \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* see \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* do. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* big \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* tell \w those|strong="H5921"\w* people, ‘God \w is|strong="H5892"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.’”   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="H5973"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* didn’t listen \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. Instead, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w went|strong="H3381"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* town called \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w*. \w He|strong="H3068"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w get|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ship \w there|strong="H4672"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* town called \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*. \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H6440"\w* \w way|strong="H6440"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* Nineveh. \fig Jonah ran away from God and got on a ship|src="lll5-07.jpg" size="col" ref="1:3" \fig*  
\p \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w Joppa|strong="H3305"\w*, \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ship \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w going|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w paid|strong="H5414"\w* some money \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ship-men \w so|strong="H5414"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* can \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* ship. \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w got|strong="H6965"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ship \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w go|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* running \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\p
\v 4-5 Then Jonah went down inside the ship and lay down, and he fell asleep.  
\p While they were sailing, God sent \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big wind over the sea, and there was \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big storm.\fig There was a big storm and the ship-men were frightened|src="AP-04-02c - edited.jpg" size="col" ref="1:4-5" \fig* That storm was really strong, and the ship-men thought the ship might break up. All the ship-men were frightened, so they called out to their own gods and asked them to help.  
\p That ship was carrying lots of heavy boxes and bags of things, to take them to Tarshish. But that storm was really big, so the ship-men threw all those heavy things into the sea to make the ship lighter. \fig The ship-men threw all the heavy boxes and bags into the sea|src="Bible1085 - edited.jpg" size="col" ref="1:4-5" \fig*   
\p
\v 6 Jonah \w was|strong="H3808"\w* still \w asleep|strong="H7290"\w* \w down|strong="H7121"\w* inside \w the|strong="H7121"\w* ship, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* ship’s boss \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* Jonah \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H7290"\w*? \w Get|strong="H6965"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w*. Maybe \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* feel sorry \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w us|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w help|strong="H6965"\w* \w us|strong="H7121"\w*, \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* don’t die.”   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ship-men talked \w to|strong="H3212"\w* each \w other|strong="H7453"\w*. \w They|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w Why|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H4310"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w did|strong="H5307"\w* something \w wrong|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w make|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*? \w Let|strong="H3212"\w*’s put small stones \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bag, \w one|strong="H7453"\w* stone \w for|strong="H5921"\w* each \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w*’ll pull \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H7453"\w* \w person|strong="H3045"\w*’s stone. \w That|strong="H3045"\w* stone \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*.” \w So|strong="H2063"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H5307"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*, \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* pulled \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s stone. \fig The sailors pulled out Jonah’s stone, so they knew that the storm was Jonah’s fault|src="GT Jonah Sailors cast lots.tif" size="col" ref="1:7" \fig*   
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\v 8 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \w those|strong="H2088"\w* ship-men \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* Jonah, “\w Did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w make|strong="H5046"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w on|strong="H4399"\w* \w us|strong="H4994"\w*? \w Did|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w something|strong="H4399"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w*? \w Who|strong="H4310"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w your|strong="H4994"\w* job? \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w come|strong="H4994"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* country \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w from|strong="H7451"\w*? \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 Jonah said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H6213"\w*, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w* people, \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H8064"\w* country. \w Our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*’s name \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* respect \w him|strong="H6213"\w*. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* know \w he|strong="H6213"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* power. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* big boss \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\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 land|strong="H3004"\w*.  
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w right|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* running \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.”  
\p \w Then|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* ship-men got \w really|strong="H1992"\w* \w frightened|strong="H3372"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* Jonah, “\w Why|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* running \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w*? \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* bad \w thing|strong="H2063"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.”   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H3220"\w* getting \w more|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w* rough. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ship-men \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* Jonah, “\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* stop \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w storm|strong="H5590"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8367"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w still|strong="H1980"\w*? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*?”   
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\v 12 Jonah said \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pick|strong="H5375"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w throw|strong="H2904"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*. \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w will|strong="H7945"\w* stop, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w will|strong="H7945"\w* \w be|strong="H3220"\w* \w quiet|strong="H8367"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w*. \w This|strong="H2088"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* fault. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* did something wrong, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*’s \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reason|strong="H5921"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* big \w storm|strong="H5591"\w*.”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ship-men didn’t \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* throw Jonah \w into|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* tried \w hard|strong="H2864"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* row \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H3004"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* getting \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* rough, \w so|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* couldn’t \w do|strong="H3201"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Then|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ship-men \w prayed|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jonah’s \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w sent|strong="H5414"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* storm \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w*. \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* throw \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sea, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* don’t kill \w us|strong="H5414"\w*. Maybe \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* nothing wrong, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* don’t know, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w please|strong="H4994"\w* don’t \w do|strong="H6213"\w* payback \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\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 they|strong="H5375"\w* \w threw|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* storm \w stopped|strong="H5975"\w*, \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w was|strong="H3220"\w* quiet \w and|strong="H5975"\w* \w still|strong="H5975"\w*. \fig The ship-men threw Jonah into the sea|src="AP-04-07c - edited.jpg" size="col" ref="1:15" \fig*   
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\v 16 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ship-men knew \w that|strong="H3068"\w* Jonah’s \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* powerful, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w showed|strong="H3372"\w* \w him|strong="H3372"\w* lots \w of|strong="H3068"\w* respect. \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w killed|strong="H2076"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* animal \w to|strong="H3068"\w* give \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jonah’s \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H5087"\w* promises \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3372"\w*.   
\s1 God sent a big fish to Jonah  
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\v 17 While the ship-men did that, God sent \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big fish to Jonah. Jonah was deep down in the water, and that big fish came and swallowed Jonah alive. Jonah stayed inside that fish for 3 days and 3 nights.\x * \xo 1:17 \xt Matthew 12:40\x*\fig Jonah was deep down in the water, and God sent a big fish|src="GT Jonah in the deep.tif" size="col" ref="1:17" \fig*   
\c 2  
\s1 Jonah prayed to God  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* prayed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w inside|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* talked \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w happened|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* water \w before|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* said,  
\q1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* got trouble, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* called out \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6419"\w* answered me.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3068"\w* nearly died, \w but|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* called out \w for|strong="H3068"\w* help, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6419"\w* listened \w to|strong="H3068"\w* me.   
\q1
\v 3 \w This|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H6963"\w* happened.  
\q1 First \w you|strong="H6030"\w* \w made|strong="H7121"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w go|strong="H3068"\w* \w down|strong="H7121"\w* into deep \w water|strong="H7121"\w*, into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* middle \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* sea.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w water|strong="H7121"\w* moved \w all|strong="H7121"\w* around \w me|strong="H7121"\w*. \w You|strong="H6030"\w* \w sent|strong="H3068"\w* big waves \w over|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* knew \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w sent|strong="H5674"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w away|strong="H5674"\w*. \w You|strong="H3605"\w* didn’t want \w to|strong="H5921"\w* look \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* also knew \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* get \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H5674"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* good ceremony house \w again|strong="H5437"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w That|strong="H5869"\w* water tried \w to|strong="H5869"\w* drown \w me|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\q2 Deep water was all around \w me|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\q2 Seaweed wrapped around \w my|strong="H5048"\w* head.   
\q1
\v 6 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* sank \w down|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* bottom \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* sea, \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* \w down|strong="H5437"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* earth.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* gates locked \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w*, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* thought \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w was|strong="H5315"\w* stuck \w there|strong="H5704"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* ever.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*, \w my|strong="H5704"\w* God, \w you|strong="H5704"\w* saved \w my|strong="H5704"\w* \w life|strong="H5315"\w*. \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w pulled|strong="H5437"\w* \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w up|strong="H2280"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w deep|strong="H8415"\w* dark \w place|strong="H7218"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w life|strong="H2416"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* finishing \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* called \w out|strong="H3381"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w you|strong="H3381"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 \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* special place where \w you|strong="H3381"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* good \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w keep|strong="H2142"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* promises.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w some|strong="H5315"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* don’t \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* turn \w away|strong="H5848"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w Those|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* show \w respect|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w think|strong="H2142"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* gods \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* no power.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* miss \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* good \w things|strong="H6944"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* God, I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* sing \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* say thank \w you|strong="H5800"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H2617"\w* I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* kill animals \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w give|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H8104"\w* \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w*, \w to|strong="H8104"\w* show respect \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w*.  
\q2 I promise I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w that|strong="H7723"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5800"\w* are \w the|strong="H8104"\w* only one \w that|strong="H7723"\w* saves \w people|strong="H5800"\w*.”   
\m
\v 10 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w then|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* talked \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* fish, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H7999"\w* spat Jonah \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* dry ground. \fig God told that fish to spit Jonah out|src="AP-04-11c - edited.jpg" size="col" ref="2:10" \fig*   
\c 3  
\s1 Jonah went to Nineveh  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* talked \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*. \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w You|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w now|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\w* big \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*. \w You|strong="H1696"\w* \w have|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w my|strong="H6965"\w* message.”   
\p
\v 3 \w So|strong="H1961"\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 just|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\p \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* really big \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w It|strong="H1961"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w one|strong="H1961"\w* side \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* other side.   
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\v 4 \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w go|strong="H2490"\w* \w into|strong="H2015"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* walked \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w one|strong="H5892"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* out, “\w In|strong="H3117"\w* 40 \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*, God \w will|strong="H5892"\w* finish \w up|strong="H3124"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*.”\fig Jonah told the Nineveh people God’s message|src="32003004 ELL.png" size="col" ref="3:4" \fig*   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* people listened \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Jonah, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* believed God’s message. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* knew \w that|strong="H7121"\w* God \w was|strong="H5210"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3847"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* bad \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* did. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* people stopped eating food, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* show God \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H1419"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* bad \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* did. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w clothes|strong="H3847"\w* \w made|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H8242"\w* \w of|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* rough cloth, \w called|strong="H7121"\w* sack-cloth. Everybody did \w that|strong="H7121"\w*, \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* people \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* poor people, \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* did \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* show God \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* \w were|strong="H1419"\w* sorry \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* bad \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w they|strong="H5704"\w* did.\x * \xo 3:5 \xt Matthew 12:41; Luke 11:32\x*   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* big boss \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* heard \w about|strong="H5921"\w* God’s \w message|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\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* special \w seat|strong="H3678"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* special coat, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* rough clothes, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* ashes. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H1697"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* show God \w that|strong="H1697"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1697"\w* sorry.   
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\v 7 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* boss sent \w a|strong="H3068"\w* message \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w people|strong="H2199"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*.  
\m \w That|strong="H4428"\w* message said,  
\q1 “\w The|strong="H8354"\w* big boss \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H4428"\w* \w important|strong="H1419"\w* workers \w are|strong="H4325"\w* telling \w you|strong="H4428"\w* what \w you|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* do. \w All|strong="H1419"\w* \w the|strong="H8354"\w* \w people|strong="H2199"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* animals \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* stop eating \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w*. None \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w you|strong="H4428"\w*, \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w your|strong="H8354"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w cows|strong="H1241"\w*, \w are|strong="H4325"\w* allowed \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3972"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w people|strong="H3709"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* animals \w have|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* wear \w that|strong="H7121"\w* rough cloth.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* everybody \w has|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* strongly \w to|strong="H7725"\w* God \w and|strong="H7725"\w* ask \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w help|strong="H4480"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H4480"\w* \w have|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* stop \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* stop hurting \w people|strong="H3709"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w is|strong="H4310"\w* \w really|strong="H7725"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*. \w He|strong="H3808"\w* said \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* finish \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w up|strong="H7725"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w show|strong="H3045"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4310"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* doing bad \w things|strong="H3808"\w*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* maybe \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w*. Maybe \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* being angry \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* maybe \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* finish \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w up|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
\p
\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Nineveh \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* everything \w the|strong="H5921"\w* big boss \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w changed|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t finish \w up|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Nineveh \w people|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\c 4  
\s1 Jonah got angry with God  
\p
\v 1 \w But|strong="H7489"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* wanted God \w to|strong="H7451"\w* \w punish|strong="H7489"\w* \w the|strong="H3124"\w* Nineveh people. \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* saw \w that|strong="H7451"\w* God changed \w his|strong="H2734"\w* mind \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w that|strong="H7451"\w* God didn’t finish \w up|strong="H3124"\w* \w the|strong="H3124"\w* Nineveh people. \w So|strong="H7489"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* got really \w upset|strong="H7489"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*.   
\p
\v 2 Jonah \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*. \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, “\w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w first|strong="H2088"\w* \w time|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* talked \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H5704"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w home|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Israel country, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Nineveh \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Nineveh \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w might|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* finish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* finish \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* Nineveh \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w reason|strong="H1697"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Nineveh \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w ran|strong="H1272"\w* \w away|strong="H1272"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\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 feel|strong="H3045"\w* \w sorry|strong="H5162"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* always kind. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* don’t get angry quickly, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w really|strong="H2088"\w* \w good|strong="H2617"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w do|strong="H3068"\w* payback \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w bad|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*.\x * \xo 4:2 \xt Exodus 34:6\x*  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H4480"\w*, \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* finish \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w up|strong="H3947"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* watch \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Nineveh \w people|strong="H5315"\w*.”\x * \xo 4:3 \xt 1 Kings 19:4\x*   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said, “\w You|strong="H3190"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H3190"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*. \w Are|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* thinking \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* way?”   
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\v 5 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w east|strong="H6924"\w* \w side|strong="H6924"\w*. \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w shelter|strong="H5521"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w himself|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w*. \w And|strong="H5892"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w waited|strong="H1961"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* Nineveh. \fig Jonah waited to see what will happen to Nineveh|src="AP-04-17c - edited.jpg" size="col" ref="4:5" \fig*   
\s1 God used a plant to help Jonah understand  
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w* \w grow|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w near|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H8055"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* hot. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* really \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* \w early|strong="H7837"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, just before \w the|strong="H5221"\w* sun \w came|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, God \w sent|strong="H4487"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w worm|strong="H8438"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* eat \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*, \w and|strong="H5927"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w* died.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w up|strong="H2224"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* God \w sent|strong="H2759"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* really hot \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w*. \w And|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* really hot \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* felt sick.  
\p \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* got angry, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* don’t \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w live|strong="H2416"\w* \w any|strong="H5221"\w* \w more|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.”   
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\v 9 Then \w God|strong="H3190"\w* said \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4194"\w* \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*. \w Are|strong="H4194"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* thinking \w the|strong="H5921"\w* right \w way|strong="H5921"\w*?”  
\p Then \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* said, “Yes, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* am thinking \w the|strong="H5921"\w* right \w way|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* am \w so|strong="H5921"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* want \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jonah, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* really \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w plant|strong="H7021"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* didn’t \w look|strong="H3068"\w* \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H1431"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w grow|strong="H1431"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* died \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w think|strong="H7235"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*’s wrong \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*. \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* big \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3426"\w* lots \w and|strong="H1419"\w* lots \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3426"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* 120,000 \w people|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* don’t \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* wrong. \w And|strong="H1419"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* lots \w of|strong="H5892"\w* animals \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w too|strong="H5921"\w*.”