Jonah Chapter 1 (1611 Bible)

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¹ Now the word of the Lord came vnto Ionah the sonne of Amittai, saying,

² Arise, goe to Nineueh that great citie, and cry against it: for their wickednes is come vp before me.

³ But Ionah rose vp to flee vnto Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord, and went downe to Ioppa, and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he payed the fare thereof, and went downe into it, to goe with them vnto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

⁴ ¶ But the Lord sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

⁵ Then the Mariners were afraid, and cried euery man vnto his god, and cast foorth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: but Ionah was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and hee lay, and was fast asleepe.

⁶ So the shipmaster came to him, and said vnto him; What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.

⁷ And they said euery one to his fellow; Come, and let vs cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this euil is vpon vs. So they cast lots, and the lot fell vpon Ionah.

⁸ Then said they vnto him, Tel vs, we pray thee, for whose cause this euill is vpon vs: What is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? What is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?

⁹ And hee said vnto them, I am an Hebrew, and I feare the Lord the God of heauen, which hath made the sea, and the dry land.

¹⁰ Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and saide vnto him; Why hast thou done this? (for the men knew that he fled from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.)

¹¹ ¶ Then said they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was tempestuous.)

¹² And he said vnto them, Take me vp, and cast mee foorth into the sea; so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.

¹³ Neuerthelesse the men rowed hard to bring it to the land, but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

¹⁴ Wherefore they cried vnto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, We beseech thee, let vs not perish for this mans life, and lay not vpon vs, innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee.

¹⁵ So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him foorth into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.

¹⁶ Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lord, and made vowes.

¹⁷ ¶ Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow vp Ionah, and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nights.

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Latty's Jonah Chapter 1 comment on 4/02/2012, 9:38pm...

Even though Jonah was tossed over board he was still under the protection of God. God said in is word he will never leave us are forsaken us. We serve a might big god, he can do what know one else can do he is the extraordinary God that's why i serve him and love him.

Irshad's Jonah Chapter 1 comment on 1/06/2012, 10:55am...

Jesus said the sign of jonah is my sign."as jonah was 3 days and 3nite.so shall the son of man be(refering 2 himself) 3days and 3nite" Now m asking u brethren how was jonah in the fishes belly DEAD or ALIVE? Answer is He was ALIVE. How was jesus in the tomb DEAD or ALIVE? Your answer is he was DEAD.did jesus fulfiled what he hd profesied? Dear frnds think over it.

Mom's Jonah Chapter 1 comment on 11/19/2011, 8:37am...

Being out of God's will is a bad place to be!

Kp's Jonah Chapter 1 comment about verse 17 on 10/09/2011, 7:41am...

Could this fish that ate jonah been the giant blue whale? Think that fish big enough to shaollw a man without having to chew him.

Frank's Jonah Chapter 1 comment on 9/03/2011, 9:09pm...

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Bonita's Jonah Chapter 1 comment about verse 15 on 3/11/2011, 6:28pm...

was jonah dead ?

Joe glascock's Jonah Chapter 1 comment on 3/09/2011, 4:41pm...

As we look at this we see there's quite a bit going on, so to start off, Jonah is fleaing from God's presence because he has several issues when it comes to the Ninevites, 1. the Ninevites have been known to capture and torture the Hebrew people to death and sacrifice them to their fish god Dagon. 2. Jonah is not only affraid for this reason, he also has deep seated hatred for them because they have probably killed alot of his family and friends.
Also as you follow this, you'll notice that as it progresses Jonahs life now takes a downward spiral from the moment he gets on board the ship, he goes down into the ship, which is headedto southern Spain (Tarshish)(downward), while the crew who are expert seamen, are doing everything they can to make safe passage through this storm of which they have never seen the likes of.
Every one but Jonah has prayed to their god, and is affraid of this Storm, so the crew realizing this confront him about it, and he informs them that he is a hebrew and that this storm is because him, and they should cast him out of the ship in order to stop the storm.
Of course these seamen have heard of the the hebrew God, Jehovah and know how his reputation, so they later toss Jonah out, causing the storm to cease, an example of Gods perfect timing and miracles.
At this point, most fish are in the bottom of the sea due to the storm, except for the one that God has prepared which swallows him up, and calms the sea at the moment Jonah hits the water.
Jonah was in the belly for 3 days and 3 nights , because thats how long it's taking Jonah to come to his senses, and eventually live up to the vow he made to God as a prophet in training.
Ofcorse at this time God is trying to show Jonah, or get him to realize who he should be more affraid of, God, or the Ninevites.
At this time, for jonah to preach to the Ninevites, is like someone going to Berlin and preaching Judaism during WW2, or preaching Christianity in iraq today, and that's why Jonah is terrified of them!.

Rose's Jonah Chapter 1 comment on 1/28/2011, 12:12am...

jonah was under God protection even when the fish swallow him up it means it better for us to obey his commandment as he instruct us jonah move to the land of nineveh.There after we receive blessing from him.

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