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Jonah Chapter 1

Jonah sent to Nineveh

1:1 Now the word of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
1:2 Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is ascended before Me.

Jonah’s flight to Tarshish


1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and went down to Joppa; and [he] found a ship bound for Tarshish: so he paid its fare , and boarded it to travel with them to Tarshish from the before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
.

The storm

1:4 But YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
threw a great wind toward the sea, and there was a mighty storm in the sea, so that the ship was thought to be broken.
1:5 Then the sailors were frighttened, and cried every man to his god, and threw out the utensils that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship; and he lay down, and was sound asleep.
1:6 So the ship’s master came to him, and said to him, What [is it] with you, O sound sleeper? Get up, cry out to your God, if so be that Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
will notice us, that we won’t perish.
1:7 And they said each other, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know determine whose account this calamity is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
1:8 Then said they to him, Please tell us, for what reason this evil is on us; What is your trade? And where do come you from ? What is your country? and of what people [are] you?
1:9 And he said to them, I am a Hebrewעבר
The biblical term Ivri Hebrew pronunciation: [ʕivˈri]), meaning “to traverse” or “to pass over”, is usually rendered as Hebrew in English from ever (עֵבֶר) ‘beyond, across’ (avar (עָבַר ‘he crossed, he traversed’), as a description of migrants ‘from across the river’ as the Bible describes the Hebrews.
; and I fear YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, El Haiאלהי
“Living El” (EL=God) For more info click here
of the heavens, who has made the sea and the dry land.
1:10 Then were the men terrified, and said to him. What is this you
that have done? Because the men knew that he fled from the before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, because he had told them.
1:11 Then said they to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm for us? for the sea grows stormier.
1:12 And he said to them, Pick me up, and throw me out into the sea; so will the sea be calm for you: for I know  it is
because of me that great storm is on you .
1:13 But the men rowed hard to bring it to the shore; but they couldn’t: for the sea was growing stormier on them.
1:14 And they cried to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and said, Please, O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, let us not perish for this man’s life, and don’t lay innocent blood
on us: for you, O YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, as You wished so You have done.
1:15 So they lifted Jonah, and threw him out into the sea: and the sea ceased from its raging.
1:16 Then the men felt a great fear of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and they offered a sacrifice to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and made vows.
1:17 Now YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights

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