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Jonah · read by Greg Locke
36 verses, in order. Only the verses Greg 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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Heartbeat of God
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Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Read from KJV · The Heartbeat of God
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Read from KJV · The Heartbeat of God
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 · The Heartbeat of God
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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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 · The Bible's Biggest Runaway
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 KJV · The Heartbeat of God
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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 KJV · The Heartbeat of God
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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 KJV · The Heartbeat of God
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When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.Read from KJV · The Heartbeat of God
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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 KJV · The Heartbeat of God
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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 KJV · The Heartbeat of God