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Jonah chapter 1 the word of Yahweh was
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addressed to Jonah son of amiti up he
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said go to Nineveh the great City and
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Proclaim to them that their wickedness
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has forced itself upon me Jonah said
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about running away from Yahweh and going
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to tares he went down to Jaffa and found
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a ship Bound for tares he paid his fair
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and boarded it to go with him to tares
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to get away from yahwe but Yahweh threw
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a hurricane at the sea and there was
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such a great storm at sea that the ship
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threatened to break up the sailors took
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fright and each of them called on his
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own God and to lighten the ship they
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threw the cargo overboard Jonah however
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had gone Below had Lin down in the hold
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and was fast asleep when the bosen went
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up to him him and said what do you mean
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by sleeping get up call on your God
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perhaps he will spare us a thought and
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not leave us to die then they said to
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each other come on let us draw lots to
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find out who is to blame for bringing us
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this bad luck so they cast lots and the
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lot pointed to Jonah then they said to
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him tell us what is your business where
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do you come from what is your country
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what is your na nationality he replied I
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am a Hebrew and I worship Yahweh God Of
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Heaven who made both sea and dry land
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the sailors were seized with Terror at
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this and said why ever did you do this
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since they knew that he was trying to
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escape from Yahweh because he had told
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them so they then said what are we to do
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with you to make the sea calm down for
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us for the sea was growing rougher and
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rougher he replied take me and throw me
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into the sea and then it will calm down
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for you I know it is my fault that this
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great storm has struck you the sailors
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rode hard in an effort to reach the
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shore but in vain since the sea was
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growing rougher and rougher so at last
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they called on Yahweh and said oh Yahweh
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do not let us perish for the sake of
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this man's life and do not hold us
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responsible for causing an innocent
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man's death for you Yahweh have acted as
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you saw fit and taking hold of Jonah
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they threw him into the sea and the Sea
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stopped raging at this the men were
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seized with Dread of Yahweh they offered
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a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows to
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him Jonah chapter 2 now Yahweh ordained
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that a great fish should swallow Jonah
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and Jonah remained in the belly of the
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fish for 3 days and three nights from
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the belly of the fish Jonah prayed to
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Yahweh his God he said out of my
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distress I cried to Yahweh and he
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answered me from the belly of shol I
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cried out you heard my voice for you
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threw me into the deep into the heart of
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the Seas and the floods closed round me
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all your waves and Billows passed over
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me then I thought I am banished from
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your sight how shall I ever see your
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Holy Temple again the waters round me
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Rose to my neck the Deep was close in
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round me seaweed Twining round my head
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to the roots of the mountains I sank
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into the underworld and its bars closed
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round me forever but you raised my life
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from the pit Yahweh my god when my soul
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was growing ever weaker Yahweh I
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remembered you and my prayer reached you
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in your Holy Temple some abandon their
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faithful Love by worshiping false gods
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but I shall sacrifice to you with songs
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The Vow I have made I shall fulfill
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salvation comes from Yahweh Yahweh spoke
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to the fish which then vomited Jonah
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land Jonah chapter 3 the word of Yahweh
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was addressed to Jonah a second time up
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he said go to Nineveh the great City and
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preach to it as I shall tell you Jonah
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set out and went to Nineveh in obedience
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to the word of Yahweh now Nineveh was a
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city great beyond compare to cross it
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took 3 days Jonah began by going a Day's
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Journey Into the City and then
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proclaimed only 40 days more and Nineveh
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will be overthrown and the people of
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Nineveh believed in God they proclaimed
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a fast and put on sackcloth from the
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greatest to the least when the news
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reached the king of Nineveh he rose from
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took off his robe put on sackcloth and
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sat down in ashes he then had it
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proclaimed throughout Nineveh by decree
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of the king and his Nobles as follows no
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person or animal herd or flock may eat
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anything they may not graze they may not
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drink any water all must put on
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sackcloth and call on God with all their
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might and let everyone renounce his evil
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ways and violent Behavior who knows
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perhaps God will change his mind and
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relent and renounce his burning wrath so
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that we shall not perish God saw their
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efforts to renounce their evil ways and
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God relented about the disaster which he
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had threatened to bring on them and did
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it Jonah chapter 4 this made Jonah very
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indignant he fell into a rage he prayed
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to Yahweh and said please Yahweh isn't
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this what I said would happen when I was
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still in my own country that was why I
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first tried to flee to tares since I
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knew you were a tender compassionate God
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slow to anger rich in faithful love who
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relents about inflicting disaster so now
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Yahweh please take my life for I might
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as well be dead as go on living Yahweh
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replied are you right to be angry Jonah
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then left the city and sat down to the
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east of the city there he made himself a
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shelter and sat under it in the shade to
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see what would happen to the city Yahweh
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God then ordained that a castor oil
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plant should grow up over Jonah to give
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shade for his head and soothe his ill
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humor Jonah was delighted with a castor
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oil plant but at dawn the next day God
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ordained that a worm should attack the
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castor oil plant and it withered next
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when the sun rose God ordained that
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there should be a scorching East Wind
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the sun beat down so hard on Jonah's
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head that he was overcome and begged for
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death saying I might as well be dead as
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go on Living God said to Jonah are you
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right to be angry about the castor oil
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plant he replied I have every right to
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be angry mortally angry Yahweh replied
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you are concerned for the castor oil
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plant which has not cost you any effort
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in which you did not grow which came up
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in a night and has perished in a night
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so why should I not be concerned for
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Nineveh the great City in which there
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are more than 120,000 people who cannot
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tell their right hand from their left to
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say nothing of all the animals
