Jonaha 1-4 - Jonah Flees from Yahweh’s Presence

Jonah Flees from Yahweh’s Presence

Jon 1:3 LSB - [3] Yet Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, and paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

Gen 3:8 LSB - [8] Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

Gen 4:16 LSB - [16] Then Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Psa 139:7 LSB - [7] Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

2Th 1:9 LSB - [9] These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, AWAY FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD AND FROM THE GLORY OF HIS MIGHT,

2Th 1:9 ESV - [9] They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Jon 1:17 LSB - [17] And Yahweh appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

Mat 12:40 LSB - [40] for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Mat 16:4 LSB - [4] "An evil and adulterous generation eagerly seeks for a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them and went away.

Luk 11:30 LSB - [30] "For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

 

Jonah’s Prayer

Jon 2:1-2 LSB - 

[1] Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the stomach of the fish, 

[2] and he said, "I called out of my distress to Yahweh, And He answered me. I cried for help from the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.

Jon 2:9 LSB - [9] But as for me, I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."

Ninevites Turn from Their Evil Ways

Jon 3:4-5 LSB - 

[4] Then Jonah began to go into the city, one day's walk; and he called out and said, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown." 

[5] And the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

Jon 3:10 LSB - [10] Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, so God relented concerning the evil which He had spoken He would bring upon them. And He did not bring [it upon them].

Jonah’s Anger

Jon 4:11 LSB - [11] "So should I not have pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know [the difference] between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?"