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Jonah · read by Warren Wiersbe
36 verses, in order. Only the verses Warren 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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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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 Missing Missionary
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 · The Deeper Death
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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 Deeper Death
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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 Deeper Death
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To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!Read from KJV · The Deeper Death
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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 Deeper Death
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But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!"Read from KJV · The Deeper Death
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Read from KJV · The Deeper Death
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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
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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 · How to Save a City
Jonah 4
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Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.Read from KJV · A Worm's Eye View of Missions
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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 · A Worm's Eye View of Missions
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But the LORD replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"Read from KJV · A Worm's Eye View of Missions
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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 KJV · A Worm's Eye View of Missions
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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 · A Worm's Eye View of Missions
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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 · A Worm's Eye View of Missions
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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 KJV · A Worm's Eye View of Missions