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Jonah · read by Charles Stanley
11 verses, in order. Only the verses Charles read aloud are shown.
Jonah 1
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Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
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"Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me."Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
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Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
Jonah 2
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From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
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The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
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Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
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But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!"Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
Jonah 3
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When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
Jonah 4
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So he prayed to the LORD, saying, "O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
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When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest
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Then God asked Jonah, "Have you any right to be angry about the plant?" "I do," he replied. "I am angry enough to die!"Read from NASB1995 · Brokenness Study #4 - the Protest