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@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ Jonah Runs from the LORD
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4. But the LORD hurled a powerful wind over the sea, causing a violent storm that threatened to break the ship apart.
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5. Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship.
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But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.
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6. So the captain went down after him. "How can you sleep at a time like this?" he shouted. "Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives."
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7. Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. When they did this, the lots identified Jonah as the culprit.
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@@ -30,3 +32,4 @@ But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.
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17. Now the LORD had arranged for a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
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@@ -4,40 +4,61 @@ Jonah's Prayer
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1. Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish.
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2. He said,
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"I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble,
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and he answered me.
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and he answered me.
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I called to you from the land of the dead,
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and LORD, you heard me!
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3. You threw me into the ocean depths,
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and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
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and I sank down to the heart of the sea.
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The mighty waters engulfed me;
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I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
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I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
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4. Then I said, 'O LORD, you have driven me from your presence.
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Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'
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Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.'
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5. "I sank beneath the waves,
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and the waters closed over me.
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Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
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and the waters closed over me.
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Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.
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6. I sank down to the very roots of the mountains.
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I was imprisoned in the earth,
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whose gates lock shut forever.
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I was imprisoned in the earth,
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whose gates lock shut forever.
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But you, O LORD my God,
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snatched me from the jaws of death!
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snatched me from the jaws of death!
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7. As my life was slipping away,
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I remembered the LORD.
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And my earnest prayer went out to you
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in your holy Temple.
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in your holy Temple.
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8. Those who worship false gods
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turn their backs on all God's mercies.
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turn their backs on all God's mercies.
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9. But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise,
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and I will fulfill all my vows.
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and I will fulfill all my vows.
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For my salvation comes from the LORD alone."
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10. Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach.
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@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ Jonah Goes to Nineveh
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6. When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.
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7. Then the king and his nobles sent this decree throughout the city:
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"No one, not even the animals from your herds and flocks, may eat or drink anything at all.
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8. People and animals alike must wear garments of mourning, and everyone must pray earnestly to God. They must turn from their evil ways and stop all their violence.
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9. Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us."
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10. When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.
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@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Jonah's Anger at the LORD's Mercy
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9. Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?"
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"Yes," Jonah retorted, "even angry enough to die!"
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10. Then the LORD said, "You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly.
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11. But Nineveh has more than 120,000 people living in spiritual darkness, not to mention all the animals. Shouldn't I feel sorry for such a great city?"
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