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1. The LORD said to Jonah son of Amittai,
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1. Now the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 Jonah H3124 the son H1121 of Amittai H573 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention."
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2. Arise H6965 , go H1980 to H413 Nineveh H5210 , that great H1419 city H5892 , and cry H7121 against H5921 it; for H3588 their wickedness H7451 is come up H5927 before H6440 me.
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3. Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the LORD. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the LORD.
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3. But Jonah H3124 rose up H6965 to flee H1272 unto Tarshish H8659 from the presence H4480 H6440 of the LORD H3068 , and went down H3381 to Joppa H3305 ; and he found H4672 a ship H591 going H935 to Tarshish H8659 : so he paid H5414 the fare H7939 thereof , and went down H3381 into it , to go H935 with H5973 them unto Tarshish H8659 from the presence H4480 H6440 of the LORD H3068 .
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4. But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!
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4. But the LORD H3068 sent out H2904 a great H1419 wind H7307 into H413 the sea H3220 , and there was H1961 a mighty H1419 tempest H5591 in the sea H3220 , so that the ship H591 was like H2803 to be broken H7665 .
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5. The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.
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5. Then the mariners H4419 were afraid H3372 , and cried H2199 every man H376 unto H413 his god H430 , and cast forth H2904 H853 the wares H3627 that H834 were in the ship H591 into H413 the sea H3220 , to lighten H7043 it of H4480 H5921 them . But Jonah H3124 was gone down H3381 into H413 the sides H3411 of the ship H5600 ; and he lay H7901 , and was fast asleep H7290 .
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6. The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!"
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6. So the shipmaster H7227 H2259 came H7126 to H413 him , and said H559 unto him, What H4100 meanest thou , O sleeper H7290 ? arise H6965 , call H7121 upon H413 thy God H430 , if so be H194 that God H430 will think H6245 upon us , that we perish H6 not H3808 .
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7. The sailors said to one another, "Come on, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us. " So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.
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7. And they said H559 every one H376 to H413 his fellow H7453 , Come H1980 , and let us cast H5307 lots H1486 , that we may know H3045 for whose cause H7945 H4310 this H2063 evil H7451 is upon us . So they cast H5307 lots H1486 , and the lot H1486 fell H5307 upon H5921 Jonah H3124 .
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8. They said to him, "Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What's your occupation? Where do you come from? What's your country? And who are your people?"
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8. Then said H559 they unto H413 him, Tell H5046 us , we pray thee H4994 , for whose cause H834 H4310 this H2063 evil H7451 is upon us; What H4100 is thine occupation H4399 ? and whence H4480 H370 comest H935 thou? what H4100 is thy country H776 ? and of what H335 H4480 H2088 people H5971 art thou H859 ?
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9. He said to them, "I am a Hebrew! And I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."
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9. And he said H559 unto H413 them, I H595 am a Hebrew H5680 ; and I H589 fear H3372 the LORD H3068 , the God H430 of heaven H8064 , which H834 hath made H6213 H853 the sea H3220 and the dry H3004 land .
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10. Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him, "What have you done?" (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the LORD, because he had previously told them.)
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10. Then were the men H376 exceedingly H1419 afraid H3372 H3374 , and said H559 unto H413 him, Why H4100 hast thou done H6213 this H2063 ? For H3588 the men H376 knew H3045 that H3588 he H1931 fled H1272 from the presence H4480 H6440 of the LORD H3068 , because H3588 he had told H5046 them.
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11. Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"
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11. Then said H559 they unto H413 him, What H4100 shall we do H6213 unto thee , that the sea H3220 may be calm H8367 unto H4480 H5921 us? for H3588 the sea H3220 wrought H1980 , and was tempestuous H5590 .
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12. He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, because I know it's my fault you are in this severe storm."
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12. And he said H559 unto H413 them , Take me up H5375 , and cast me forth H2904 into H413 the sea H3220 ; so shall the sea H3220 be calm H8367 unto H4480 H5921 you: for H3588 I H589 know H3045 that H3588 for my sake H7945 this H2088 great H1419 tempest H5591 is upon H5921 you.
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13. Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse.
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13. Nevertheless the men H376 rowed H2864 hard to bring H7725 it to H413 the land H3004 ; but they could H3201 not H3808 : for H3588 the sea H3220 wrought H1980 , and was tempestuous H5590 against H5921 them.
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14. So they cried out to the LORD, "Oh, please, LORD, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased."
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14. Wherefore they cried H7121 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , We beseech thee H4994 , O LORD H3068 , we beseech thee H577 , let us not H408 perish H6 for this H2088 man H376 's life H5315 , and lay H5414 not H408 upon H5921 us innocent H5355 blood H1818 : for H3588 thou H859 , O LORD H3068 , hast done H6213 as H834 it pleased H2654 thee.
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15. So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
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15. So they took up H5375 H853 Jonah H3124 , and cast him forth H2904 into H413 the sea H3220 : and the sea H3220 ceased H5975 from her raging H4480 H2197 .
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16. The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord. 1:17 The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
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16. Then the men H376 feared H3372 H3374 H853 the LORD H3068 exceedingly H1419 , and offered H2076 a sacrifice H2077 unto the LORD H3068 , and made H5087 vows H5088 .
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