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\h JONAH 
\toc1 Jonah 
\toc2 Jonah 
\toc3 Jon 
\mt2 This book is the account of Jonah disobeying God, being in a big fish’s belly three days, and finally going to warn Nineveh about God judging them. We call this book  
\mt1 JONAH  
\c 1  
\s1 Jonah refused to warn the people of Nineveh as Yahweh told him to do  
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\v 1  \add One day\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \add the prophet\add* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Amittai,  
\v 2 “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \add seen\add* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \add the people of\add* [MTY] \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 are|strong="H5892"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w there|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* warn \w the|strong="H6440"\w* people \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add I am planning to\add* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add because of their sins\add*.”  
\v 3 \w But|strong="H5973"\w* \add instead of going to Nineveh\add*, \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \add went in the direction\add* \w opposite|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* where \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add told him to go\add*. \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* \add city\add*. \w There|strong="H4672"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w bought|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* ticket \w to|strong="H3381"\w* travel \w on|strong="H3068"\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* \add city\add*, \w in|strong="H3068"\w* order \w to|strong="H3381"\w* avoid \add doing what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add told him to do\add*. \add He got on the ship,\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add then went down\add* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lower deck, \add lay down, and went to sleep\add*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w strong|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* blow, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w there|strong="H1961"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w such|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w violent|strong="H5591"\w* \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \add the sailors thought\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ship \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w apart|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w sailors|strong="H4419"\w* \w were|strong="H3627"\w* very \w frightened|strong="H3372"\w*. \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3627"\w* \w that|strong="H3627"\w*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* each \add started to\add* \w pray|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H3381"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* own gods \add to save them\add*. \w Then|strong="H3372"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w threw|strong="H2904"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \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 make|strong="H7043"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w ship|strong="H5600"\w* \w lighter|strong="H7043"\w* \add in order that it would not sink easily\add*.   
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\v 6 \w Then|strong="H6965"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* \w captain|strong="H7227"\w* \w went|strong="H6965"\w* \add down\add* \w to|strong="H6965"\w* \w where|strong="H4100"\w* Jonah \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H7290"\w* soundly. \add He awoke him\add* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \add to him\add*, “◄\w How|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w sleep|strong="H7290"\w* \add during a storm like this\add*?/\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w sleeping|strong="H7290"\w* \add during a storm like this\add*► [RHQ]! \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*! Perhaps \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* pity \w us|strong="H7121"\w* \w and|strong="H6965"\w* save \w us|strong="H7121"\w*, \w in|strong="H7227"\w* order \w that|strong="H7121"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* drown!” \add But Jonah refused to do that\add*.   
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\v 7 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sailors said \w to|strong="H3212"\w* each \w other|strong="H7453"\w*, “We need \w to|strong="H3212"\w* ◄\w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*/shake \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* container small objects \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* marked►, \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w determine|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* \w caused|strong="H5307"\w* \add all \add* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\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* \add the object with\add* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s \w mark|strong="H3045"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \add of the container\add*.  
\v 8 \w So|strong="H2088"\w* \add various ones of\add* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H5046"\w*, “\w Are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w the|strong="H5046"\w* \w one|strong="H2088"\w* \w who|strong="H4310"\w* \w has|strong="H4310"\w* caused \w us|strong="H4994"\w* all \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w trouble|strong="H7451"\w*?” “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w*?” “\w Where|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* \add coming\add* \w from|strong="H7451"\w*?” “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* country \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* people-group \w do|strong="H4100"\w* \w you|strong="H5046"\w* belong \w to|strong="H5971"\w*?”   
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\v 9 Jonah replied, “\w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hebrew|strong="H5680"\w*. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w worship|strong="H3373"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add lives in\add* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*. \w He|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\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 land|strong="H3004"\w*. \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* trying \w to|strong="H3068"\w* escape \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \add doing what\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add told me to do\add*.”   
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\v 10 \w After|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sailors \w heard|strong="H3588"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* terrified. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, “\w Do|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \add trouble\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H6213"\w*?”   
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\v 11 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \add storm kept getting worse and\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* waves \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* getting bigger. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \add one of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sailors \w asked|strong="H4100"\w* Jonah, “\w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* order \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w become|strong="H8367"\w* \w calm|strong="H8367"\w*?”  
\v 12 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* replied, “\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*. \add If you do that\add*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H7945"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* \w calm|strong="H8367"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* terrible \w storm|strong="H5591"\w* \w is|strong="H2088"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \add not doing what Yahweh told me to do\add*.”   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sailors \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \add not want to do that\add*. \add Instead\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* tried \w hard|strong="H2864"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* row \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ship \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 they|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H3201"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add do that\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w storm|strong="H5590"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w get|strong="H1980"\w* worse.  
\v 14 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayed|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add one of them\add* \w prayed|strong="H4994"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w please|strong="H4994"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w let|strong="H4994"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* drown \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w causing|strong="H6213"\w* \w this|strong="H2088"\w* \w man|strong="H5315"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* die. \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w what|strong="H2088"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w wanted|strong="H2654"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*. \add We do not know if this man has sinned. If\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* sinned, \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* \w consider|strong="H5414"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* guilty \w of|strong="H3068"\w* sinning \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* die!”  
\v 15 \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w they|strong="H5375"\w* \w picked|strong="H5375"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w up|strong="H5375"\w* \w and|strong="H5975"\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 Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* became calm.  
\v 16  \add When that happened\add*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* sailors \w became|strong="H3372"\w* \w greatly|strong="H1419"\w* awed \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*’s \add power\add*. So \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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* strongly \w promised|strong="H3068"\w* \add him that they would do things that would please him\add*.   
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\v 17  \add While they were doing that,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* sent \w a|strong="H3068"\w* huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.   
\c 2  
\s1 Jonah prayed again after God said that he would save Jonah  
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\v 1  \add While he was\add* \w inside|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* huge \w fish|strong="H1709"\w*, \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* prayed \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \add whom\add* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \add worshiped. After Yahweh told him that he would answer his prayer,\add*  
\v 2 \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* said,  
\pi1 “\w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* greatly distressed \add here\add*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6419"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H6419"\w* heard what \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \add prayed\add*. \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \add about to descend way down into\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* place where dead people \w go|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H6419"\w* heard me \w when|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* called out \add for you to help/save me\add*.   
\pi1
\v 3 \w You|strong="H6030"\w* threw \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \add down\add* into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* deep \add water\add*, into \w the|strong="H8085"\w* bottom [DOU] \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* sea. \w The|strong="H8085"\w* currents \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* sea swirled around \w me|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* huge waves crashed above \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 4 \w Then|strong="H5674"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w thought|strong="H3824"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H5104"\w* banished \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H5437"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* never \w be|strong="H3220"\w* able \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w enter|strong="H5674"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w presence|strong="H5921"\w* \w again|strong="H5437"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3824"\w* never see \w your|strong="H3605"\w* holy temple \add in Jerusalem\add* \w again|strong="H5437"\w*!’   
\pi1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3254"\w* water surrounded \w me|strong="H3254"\w*, \w and|strong="H5869"\w* threatened \w to|strong="H5869"\w* drown \w me|strong="H3254"\w*. Seaweed was wrapped around \w my|strong="H5048"\w* head.   
\pi1
\v 6 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* sank \w down|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* where \w the|strong="H5704"\w* mountains start rising [MET] \add from the bottom of the sea\add*. \w I|strong="H5704"\w* thought \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w forever|strong="H5704"\w* \add it would be as though\add* \w my|strong="H5704"\w* \w body|strong="H5315"\w* \w would|strong="H5315"\w* \w be|strong="H5315"\w* \w in|strong="H5315"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prison [MTY] \add inside the earth\add* below \w me|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\pi1 \w But|strong="H4325"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* God, whom \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \add worship\add*, rescued \w me|strong="H5315"\w* \w from|strong="H5315"\w* going \w down|strong="H5437"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w place|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H7218"\w* \w the|strong="H5704"\w* \w dead|strong="H5315"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 7 \w When|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3068"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* almost dead [EUP], \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H3068"\w* ◄thought \w about|strong="H1157"\w*/prayed \w to|strong="H3381"\w*► \w you|strong="H3381"\w*. \w You|strong="H3381"\w* \add heard\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* prayer, \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \add there where\add* \w you|strong="H3381"\w* \add are, in\add* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* holy temple.   
\pi1
\v 8 \w All|strong="H5921"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* worship worthless idols \w are|strong="H3068"\w* rejecting \add you\add*, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w one|strong="H5315"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \add could\add* act kindly \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\pi1
\v 9 \w But|strong="H5800"\w* I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* sing \w to|strong="H8104"\w* thank \add you\add*, \w and|strong="H2617"\w* I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* offer \w a|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifice \w to|strong="H8104"\w* \w you|strong="H5800"\w*. I \w will|strong="H2617"\w* \add surely\add* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* what I \w have|strong="H8104"\w* solemnly promised \add to do\add*. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w you|strong="H5800"\w* are \w the|strong="H8104"\w* one \w who|strong="H8104"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \add able to\add* \w save|strong="H8104"\w* \add us\add*.”   
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\v 10 \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* commanded \w the|strong="H3068"\w* huge fish \w to|strong="H3068"\w* vomit out Jonah, \add and the fish did that\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add Jonah was able to get\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land.   
\c 3  
\s1 The people of Nineveh repented after Jonah warned them  
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1697"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w again|strong="H8145"\w*,  
\v 2 “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H5892"\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 tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* message \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w I|strong="H6965"\w* \w gave|strong="H7121"\w* \w you|strong="H1696"\w* \add previously\add*.”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \add this time\add* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* obeyed \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*. \w That|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* big \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* person \add had to walk\add* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* completely \add go through\add* \w it|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\v 4 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w first|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \add after\add* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \add arrived\add*, \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \add began walking\add* \w through|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w was|strong="H5892"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="H7121"\w* (\w OR|strong="H3068"\w*, \w At|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* end \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w started|strong="H2490"\w* \w proclaiming|strong="H7121"\w*) \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w people|strong="H2490"\w*, “Forty \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w*, \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H2015"\w* {\add God\add* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w destroy|strong="H5892"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*}!”   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H7121"\w* people \w of|strong="H7121"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* believed God’s \add message\add*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \add all\add* decided \w that|strong="H7121"\w* everyone should begin ◄\w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*/abstaining \w from|strong="H5704"\w* food►. \w So|strong="H7121"\w* \add everyone\add*, \w including|strong="H5704"\w* \w important|strong="H5704"\w* people \w and|strong="H1419"\w* unimportant people, \add did that\add*. \w They|strong="H5704"\w* \add also\add* \w put|strong="H3847"\w* \w on|strong="H3847"\w* coarse cloth, \add to show that they were sorry for having sinned\add*.   
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\v 6 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* heard \add what the people were doing\add*. \add So\add* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H4428"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* robes, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \add he also\add* \w put|strong="H5674"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* coarse cloth. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H3427"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* palace, \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w were|strong="H1697"\w* \add cold\add* ashes, \add to show that he also was sorry for having sinned\add*.  
\v 7 \w Then|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H1241"\w* sent messengers \w to|strong="H4428"\w* proclaim \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \add the people in\add* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w*: “\w My|strong="H7462"\w* advisors \w and|strong="H4428"\w* I \w have|strong="H7462"\w* decreed \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H8354"\w* \w one|strong="H4428"\w* \w may|strong="H4428"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w anything|strong="H3972"\w*. Do \w not|strong="H4325"\w* even allow \w your|strong="H8354"\w* animals \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w eat|strong="H7462"\w* \w or|strong="H1241"\w* \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*.  
\v 8 Instead, \w every|strong="H7725"\w* person must \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* coarse cloth. \add Put coarse cloth on\add* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* animals, \add too\add*. \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* everyone must \w pray|strong="H7121"\w* fervently \w to|strong="H7725"\w* God. \w And|strong="H7725"\w* everyone must stop \w doing|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w actions|strong="H1870"\w*/\w things|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* stop acting violently \add toward others\add*.  
\v 9 \w Perhaps|strong="H4310"\w*, \add if everyone does that\add*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w may|strong="H4310"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* merciful \add to us\add*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* being \w very|strong="H3045"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* result \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4310"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* die.”   
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\v 10 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \add all did that\add*, \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4639"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w stopped|strong="H7725"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H4639"\w*. \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \add he pitied them, and\add* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w get|strong="H7725"\w* rid \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w had|strong="H3588"\w* \w threatened|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.   
\c 4  
\s1 God said it was more right for him to spare the Ninevites than to spare the vine he sent to spare Jonah  
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\v 1 \w But|strong="H7489"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w was|strong="H7451"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w distressed|strong="H7489"\w* \add that God had not destroyed Nineveh\add*. He \w became|strong="H2734"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w*. \add The people of Nineveh were non-Jews, and Jonah did not think that God should act mercifully toward anyone who was not a Jew\add*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w thought|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w*, \w before|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w left|strong="H1961"\w* \w home|strong="H3068"\w* [RHQ]. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w why|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \add decided\add* immediately \w to|strong="H5704"\w* run \w away|strong="H1272"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w* \add city\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w act|strong="H1697"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w kindly|strong="H2617"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* compassionately \add toward all people\add*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* quickly \w become|strong="H1961"\w* angry \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H1697"\w*. \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w very|strong="H2088"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w change|strong="H5162"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w mind|strong="H5162"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* punishing \add people who sin\add*.  
\v 3  \add So\add* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would\add*, \w allow|strong="H4994"\w* \w me|strong="H4994"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|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* \add continue to\add* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* replied, “◄Why \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \add about my not destroying the city\add*?/\w It|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* not \w right|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3190"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \add about my not destroying the city\add*!► [RHQ]”   
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\v 5 \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \add did not reply\add*. \w He|strong="H5704"\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* \add side of it\add*. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* small \w shelter|strong="H5521"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* order \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w sit|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* protected \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* sun. \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w shelter|strong="H5521"\w* \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w waited|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w would|strong="H4100"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\v 6 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w caused|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vine \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w grow|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \add immediately\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* sun \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H8055"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \add feel\add* \w more|strong="H1419"\w* comfortable. \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H1419"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \add having\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* vine \add over his head\add*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H5221"\w* before \w dawn|strong="H7837"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* \w next|strong="H4283"\w* \w day|strong="H4283"\w*, God \w sent|strong="H4487"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w worm|strong="H8438"\w* \w that|strong="H5927"\w* chewed \w the|strong="H5221"\w* vine, \w with|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* result \w that|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* vine \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\v 8 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w*, \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* \w rose|strong="H2224"\w* \add high in the sky\add*, God \w sent|strong="H2759"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* hot \w wind|strong="H7307"\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 shone|strong="H2224"\w* \w very|strong="H2896"\w* strongly \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*’s \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w that|strong="H5315"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* felt \w faint|strong="H5968"\w*. \w He|strong="H5921"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w he|strong="H5921"\w* said, “\w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w would|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\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* \add continue to\add* \w live|strong="H2416"\w*!”   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w God|strong="H3190"\w* asked \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w*, “\w Is|strong="H4194"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* right \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* be \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \add what happened to\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* vine?” \w Jonah|strong="H3124"\w* replied, “\add Yes\add*, \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H4194"\w* right! \add Now\add* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* am \w very|strong="H5704"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w and|strong="H4194"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* want \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w*!”   
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\v 10 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \add to him\add*, “\w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w concerned|strong="H2347"\w* \w about|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \add causing\add* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* vine \add to wither\add*, \w even|strong="H3808"\w* though \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w make|strong="H1431"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w grow|strong="H1431"\w*. \w It|strong="H5921"\w* just \w grew|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w during|strong="H1961"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* completely withered \add at the end of\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w next|strong="H5921"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\v 11 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w than|strong="H5921"\w* 120,000 \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Nineveh|strong="H5210"\w* \w who|strong="H7227"\w* \add are very young, and because of that\add*, \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w tell|strong="H3045"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w which|strong="H5892"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w left|strong="H8040"\w* \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, \w and|strong="H1419"\w* \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* \w also|strong="H3045"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* cattle, \add and none of these have done anything to displease me\add*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* ◄\w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w concerned|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \add and not want to destroy them\add*?/\w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \w right|strong="H3225"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H3426"\w* \w concerned|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w huge|strong="H7227"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \add and not want to destroy them\add*!► [RHQ]”