GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:32urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:32And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai , saying , Arise , go to Nineveh , the great city , and cry against it ; for their wickedness is come up before me . But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah ; and he went down to Joppa , and 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 Jehovah . But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea , and there was a mighty tempest upon the sea , so that the ship was like to be broken . And the mariners were afraid , and cried every one unto his god ; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea , to be lightened of them . But Jonah had gone down into the lower part of the ship ; and he lay , and was fast asleep . And the shipmaster came to him , and said unto him , What meanest thou , sleeper ? arise , call upon thy God ; perhaps God will think upon us , that we perish not . And they said each one to his fellow , Come , and let us cast lots , that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us . And they cast lots , and the lot fell upon Jonah . And they said 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 ? And he said unto them , I am a Hebrew , and I fear Jehovah , the God of the heavens , who hath made the sea and the dry [ land ] . Then were the men exceedingly afraid , and said unto him , What is this thou hast done ? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of Jehovah : for he had told them . And they said unto him , What shall we do unto thee , that the sea may be calm unto us ? for the sea grew more and more tempestuous . 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 because of me this great tempest is upon you . But the men rowed hard to regain the land ; but they could not ; for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them . And they cried unto Jehovah and said , Ah , Jehovah , we beseech thee , let us not perish for this man's life , and lay not upon us innocent blood : for thou , Jehovah , hast done as it pleased thee . And they took up Jonah , and cast him forth into the sea : and the sea ceased from its raging . And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly , and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah , and made vows . And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah . And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights . And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly ; and he said : I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah , and he answered me ; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I : thou heardest my voice . For thou didst cast me into the depth , into the heart of the seas , And the flood was round about me : All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me . And I said , I am cast out from before thine eyes , Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple . The waters encompassed me , to the soul : The deep was round about me , The weeds were wrapped about my head . I went down to the bottoms of the mountains ; The bars of the earth [ closed ] upon me for ever : But thou hast brought up my life from the pit , O Jehovah my God . When my soul fainted within me , I remembered Jehovah ; And my prayer came in unto thee , Into thy holy temple . They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy . But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving ; I will pay that which I have vowed . Salvation is of Jehovah . And Jehovah commanded the fish , and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [ land ] . And the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the second time , saying , Arise , go to Nineveh , the great city , and preach unto it the preaching that I shall bid thee . And Jonah arose , and went unto Nineveh , according to the word of Jehovah . Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey . 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 ! And the men of Nineveh believed God , and proclaimed a fast , and put on sackcloth , from the greatest of them even to the least of them . And the word reached the king of Nineveh , and he arose from his throne , and laid his robe from him , and covered himself with sackcloth , and sat in ashes . 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 anything : let them not feed , nor drink water ; and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth , and cry mightily unto God ; and let them turn every one from his evil way , and from the violence that is in their hands . Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent , and will turn away from his fierce anger , that we perish not ? And God saw their works , that they turned from their evil way ; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them , and he did [ it ] not . And it displeased Jonah exceedingly , and he was angry . And he prayed unto Jehovah , and said , Ah , Jehovah , was not this my saying when I was yet in my country ? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish ; for I knew that thou art a gracious God , and merciful , slow to anger , and of great loving-kindness , and repentest thee of the evil . And now , Jehovah , take , I beseech thee , my life from me , for it is better for me to die than to live . And Jehovah said , Doest thou well to be angry ? And 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 shade , till he might see what would become of the city . And Jehovah Elohim prepared a gourd , and made it to come up over Jonah , that it might be a shade over his head , to deliver him from his trouble . And Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd . But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day , and it smote the gourd , that it withered . And it came to pass , when the sun arose , that God prepared a sultry east wind ; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah , so that he fainted ; and he requested for himself that he might die , and said , It is better for me to die than to live . And God said to Jonah , Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd ? And he said , I do well to be angry , unto death . And Jehovah said , Thou hast pity on the gourd , for which thou hast not laboured , neither madest it grow ; which came up in a night , and perished in a night : and I , should not I have pity on Nineveh , the great city , wherein are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle ?