Jonah 1:8
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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Referenced Verses
- Gen 47:3 : 3 Pharaoh said to Joseph’s brothers,“What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh,“Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did.”
- 1 Sam 30:13 : 13 David said to him,“To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” The young man said,“I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days.
- Josh 7:19 : 19 So Joshua said to Achan,“My son, honor the LORD God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don’t hide anything from me!”
- 1 Sam 14:43 : 43 So Saul said to Jonathan,“Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him,“I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!”
- Jas 5:16 : 16 So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.
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- Jonah 1:1-77 verses85%
1 ¶ Jonah Tries to Run from the Lord The LORD’s message came to Jonah son of Amittai,
2 “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”
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.
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!
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.
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!”
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.
- Jonah 1:9-179 verses80%
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.”
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.)
11 Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”
12 He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”
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.
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.”
15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
16 The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the LORD.
17 Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.
- Jonah 4:1-22 verses73%
1 Jonah Responds to God’s Kindness This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.
2 He prayed to the LORD and said,“Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
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10 Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.
- Jonah 2:1-22 verses71%
1 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish
2 and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.
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10 The Lord Promises Exile(But Also Restoration)“When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you,‘Why has the LORD threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the LORD our God?’
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4 The LORD said,“Are you really so very angry?”
5 Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city.
- Jonah 3:1-22 verses69%
1 The People of Nineveh Respond to Jonah’s Warning The LORD’s message came to Jonah a second time,
2 “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”
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9 Obadiah said,“What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution?
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7 The king asked them,“Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”
- Jonah 3:4-52 verses68%
4 When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced,“At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”
5 The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.
- Jonah 4:8-92 verses68%
8 When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said,“I would rather die than live!”
9 God said to Jonah,“Are you really so very angry about the little plant?” And he said,“I am as angry as I could possibly be!”
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7 Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say,‘Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?’ There will be no one to comfort you!”
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19 Then the people said to me,“Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”
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8 He asked me,‘Who are you?’ I told him,‘I’m an Amalekite.’
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8 But they said to Joshua,“We are willing to be your subjects.” So Joshua said to them,“Who are you and where do you come from?”
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23 When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah,“Why have you gathered together?”
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29 They cried out,“Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
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3 As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him,“Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
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22 Then they said to him,“Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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5 They said to him,“Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission.”
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15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.
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9 Jesus asked him,“What is your name?” And he said,“My name is Legion, for we are many.”
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24 “Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are– the Holy One of God!”
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14 The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed him.
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14 You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
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8 Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.
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27 And the men were amazed and said,“What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!”
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9 Then Jeremiah said to them,“You sent me to the LORD God of Israel to make your request known to him. Here is what he says to you:
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3 Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him,“What did these men say? Where do they come from?” Hezekiah replied,“They come from the distant land of Babylon.”