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Jonah · read by Ed Miller
33 verses, in order. Only the verses Ed 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 · Jonah #1: Introduction
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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 · Jonah #1: Introduction
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #2: Full Surrender
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #2: Full Surrender
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At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #1: Introduction
Jonah 2
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From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
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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 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
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Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
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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 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #3: Work Beneath the Surface
Jonah 3
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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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 · Jonah #4: How God Makes Us Into a Sign
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 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah's head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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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 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, "It is better for me to die than to live."Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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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 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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But the LORD said, "You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.Read from NASB1995 · Jonah #5: Jonah's Attitude
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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 NASB1995 · Jonah #1: Introduction