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Jonah · read by Ian Murray
23 verses, in order. Only the verses Ian 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 1
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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 1
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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 · Jonah 1
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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 1
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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 1
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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 1
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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 1
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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 · Jonah 1
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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 1
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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 1
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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 1
Jonah 2
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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 · Jonah 1
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 1
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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 1
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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 1
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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 · Jonah 1
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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 KJV · Jonah 1
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 · Jonah 1