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Jonah · read by E.A. Johnston
37 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. 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 KJV · American Church of Jonah
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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 KJV · God's Glory in Salvation
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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 KJV · American Church of Jonah
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Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.Read from KJV · Don'T Wake Me
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The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship's cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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The captain approached him and said, "How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish."Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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"Come!" said the sailors to one another. "Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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"Tell us now," they demanded, "who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?"Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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"I am a Hebrew," replied Jonah. "I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land."Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, "What have you done?" The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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Now the sea was growing worse and worse, so they said to Jonah, "What must we do to you to calm this sea for us?"Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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"Pick me up," he answered, "and cast me into the sea, so it may quiet down for you. For I know that I am to blame for this violent storm that has come upon you."Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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So they cried out to the LORD: "Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man's life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased."Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
Jonah 2
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saying: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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At this, I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.'Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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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 KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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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 KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Read from KJV · A Fugitive from Grace
Jonah 3
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:Read from KJV · Nineveh Repented But America Won'T
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"Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you."Read from KJV · Nineveh Repented But America Won'T
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This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.Read from KJV · Sackcloth Saved the Day
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On the first day of his journey, Jonah set out into the city and proclaimed, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned!"Read from KJV · Sackcloth Saved the Day
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And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.Read from KJV · America Will Face a Different Side of God
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Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: "By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.Read from KJV · One Nation Out from Under God
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Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.Read from KJV · Nineveh Repented But America Won'T
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Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish."Read from KJV · One Nation Out from Under God
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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 KJV · Nineveh Repented But America Won'T
Jonah 4
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So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?"Read from KJV · God's Glory in Salvation