Jonah 1
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Jonah 1:12-17

12And he said to them, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm 1for you, because I know that 2on account of me this great storm has come upon you.” 13However, the men 3rowed desperately to return to land, but they could not, because the sea was becoming even stormier against them. 14Then they cried out to the 4Lord and said, “We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life, and do not put innocent blood on us; for 5You, Lord, have done as You pleased.”

15So they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea 6stopped its raging. 16Then the men became extremely afraid of the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made 7vows.

178And the Lord designated a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the 9stomach of the fish for three days and three nights.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jonah 1:12 Lit from upon you ↩
  2. 2. Jonah 1:12 2 Sam 24:17; 1 Chr 21:17 ↩
  3. 3. Jonah 1:13 Lit dug their oars into the water ↩
  4. 4. Jonah 1:14 Ps 107:28; Jon 1:16 ↩
  5. 5. Jonah 1:14 Ps 115:3; 135:6; Dan 4:34, 35 ↩
  6. 6. Jonah 1:15 Ps 65:7; 93:3, 4; 107:29 ↩
  7. 7. Jonah 1:16 Ps 50:14; 66:13, 14 ↩
  8. 8. Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Heb ↩
  9. 9. Jonah 1:17 Matt 12:40; 16:4 ↩

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