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Jonah · read by Shane Idleman
27 verses, in order. Only the verses Shane 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 ESV · How Does God Direct Us?
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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 · How Does God Direct Us
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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 NKJV · How to Get Back on Track
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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 NKJV · How to Get Back on Track
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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 NKJV · How to Get Back on Track
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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 NKJV · How to Get Back on Track
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At this, they picked up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the raging sea grew calm.Read from NKJV · How to Get Back on Track
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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 NKJV · How to Get Back on Track
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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 NKJV · How to Get Back on Track
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 NKJV · 4 Prayers God Answers
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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 NKJV · Prayers God Answers
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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 NKJV · Prayers God Answers
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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 NKJV · Prayers God Answers
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Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.Read from NKJV · 4 Prayers God Answers
Jonah 3
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:Read from NASB1995 · The God of Many Second Chances (Video)
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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 NKJV · The God of Many Second Chances
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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 NKJV · The God of Many Second Chances (Video)
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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 NKJV · The God of Many Second Chances (Video)
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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 NKJV · The God of Many Second Chances (Video)
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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 NKJV · The God of Many Second Chances (Video)
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 NKJV · Is It Right for You to Be Angry?
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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 ESV · Is It Right For You To Be Angry
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But the LORD replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"Read from NKJV · Is It Right For You To Be Angry
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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 NKJV · Is It Right For You To Be Angry
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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 NKJV · Is It Right for You to Be Angry?
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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 NKJV · Is It Right for You to Be Angry?
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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 NKJV · Is It Right for You to Be Angry?