1 Chronicles
Bible, King James Version
Jonah
Jonah.1
[
1] Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of
Amittai, saying,
[
2] Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
[
3] But Jonah
rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to
Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and
went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the
LORD.
[
4] But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there
was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be
broken.
[
5] Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto
his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten
it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and
was fast asleep.
[
6] So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him,
What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will
think upon us, that we perish not.
[
7] And they said every one to his
fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil
is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
[
8] Then
said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us;
What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of
what people art thou?
[
9] And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I
fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry
land.
[
10] Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto 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 unto him, What
shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought,
and was tempestuous.
[
12] And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast
me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my
sake this great tempest is upon you.
[
13] Nevertheless 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 unto the LORD, and
said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's
life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it
pleased thee.
[
15] So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the
sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
[
16] Then the men feared the
LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made
vows.
[
17] Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.
And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah.2
[
1] Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the
fish's belly,
[
2] And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto
the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest
my voice.
[
3] For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of
the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves
passed over me.
[
4] Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I
will look again toward thy holy temple.
[
5] The waters compassed me
about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped
about my head.
[
6] I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the
earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from
corruption, O LORD my God.
[
7] When my soul fainted within me I
remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy
temple.
[
8] They that observe lying vanities forsake their own
mercy.
[
9] But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of
thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the
LORD.
[
10] And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah
upon the dry land.
Jonah.3
[
1] And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second
time, saying,
[
2] Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach
unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
[
3] So Jonah arose, and went
unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding
great city of three days' journey.
[
4] And Jonah began to enter into
the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh
shall be overthrown.
[
5] So the people of Nineveh believed God, and
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the
least of them.
[
6] For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he
arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with
sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
[
7] And he caused it to be proclaimed and
published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let
neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor
drink water:
[
8] But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and
cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from
the violence that is in their hands.
[
9] Who can tell if God will turn
and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish
not?
[
10] And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil
way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them;
and he did it not.
Jonah.4
[
1] But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very
angry.
[
2] And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD,
was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before
unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to
anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
[
3]
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better
for me to die than to live.
[
4] Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to
be angry?
[
5] So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side
of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he
might see what would become of the city.
[
6] And the LORD God prepared
a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his
head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the
gourd.
[
7] But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day,
and it smote the gourd that it withered.
[
8] And it came to pass, when
the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon
the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It
is better for me to die than to live.
[
9] And God said to Jonah, Doest
thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even
unto death.
[
10] Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd,
for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a
night, and perished in a night:
[
11] And should not I spare Nineveh,
that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot
discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
