Oldest Book of a Prophet
1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord ..found a ship ..and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. .. 4 Then the Lord sent a great wind
…7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” 17 17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
2:1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. .. 10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
3:1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. .. it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. .. 10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and turned back what He had said. 4:1 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter.. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant that provided shade, so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint.. 10 But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?
