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Jonah · read by Keith Daniel
28 verses, in order. Only the verses Keith 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 · Jonah-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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 · Jonah the Man the Message the Movement
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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-the Man, the Message, the Movement
Jonah 2
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Read from KJV · Jonah-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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 Sins of the Prophets
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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 Sins of the Prophets
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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 the Man the Message the Movement
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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 · Jonah-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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 · Jonah-the Man, the Message, the Movement
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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 · The Sins of the Prophets
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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 · The Sins of the Prophets