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Jonah · read by Gary Sharp
18 verses, in order. Only the verses Gary read aloud are shown.
Jonah 1
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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 NKJV · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
Jonah 3
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah
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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 · Jonah