Dual Panel1The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Jonah <03124> son <01121> of Amittai <0573>,
2“Go <01980> immediately <06965> to <0413> Nineveh <05210>, that large capital <01419> city <05892>, and announce <07121> judgment against <05921> its people because <03588> their wickedness <07451> has come <05927> to my attention <06440>.”
3Instead, Jonah <03124> immediately headed off <06965> to Tarshish <08659> to escape <01272> from <06440> the commission of the Lord <03068>. He traveled <03381> to Joppa <03305> and found <04672> a merchant ship <0591> heading <0935> to Tarshish <08659>. So he paid <05414> the fare <07939> and went aboard <03381> it to go <0935> with <05973> them to Tarshish <08659> far away from <06440> the Lord <03068>.
4But the Lord <03068> hurled <02904> a powerful <01419> wind <07307> on <0413> the sea <03220>. Such a violent <01419> tempest <05591> arose <01961> on the sea <03220> that the ship <0591> threatened <02803> to break up <07665>!
5The sailors <04419> were so afraid <03372> that each <0376> cried out <02199> to <0413> his own god <0430> and they flung <02904> the ship’s <0591> cargo <03627> overboard <03220> to <0413> make the ship <05600> lighter. Jonah <03124>, meanwhile, had gone down <03381> into <0413> the hold below deck <03411>, had lain down <07901>, and was sound asleep <07290>.
6The ship’s captain <02259> <07227> approached <07126> him and said <0559>, “What <04100> are you doing asleep <07290>? Get up <06965>! Cry out <07121> to <0413> your god <0430>! Perhaps <0194> your god <0430> might take notice <06245> of us so that we might not <03808> die <06>!”
7The sailors said <0559> to <0413> one <0376> another <07453>, “Come on <01980>, let’s cast <05307> lots <01486> to find out <03045> whose fault <07945> it is that this <02063> disaster <07451> has overtaken <05307> us.” So they cast <05307> lots <01486>, and Jonah <03124> was singled out <05921> <01486>.
8They said <0559> to <0413> him, “Tell <05046> us, whose <04310> <0834> fault is it that this <02063> disaster <07451> has overtaken us? What’s <04100> your occupation <04399>? Where <0370> do you come <0935> from? What’s <04100> your country <0776>? And who <0335> are your <0859> people <05971>?”
9He said <0559> to <0413> them, “I <0595> am a Hebrew <05680>! And I <0589> worship <03373> the Lord <03068>, the God <0430> of heaven <08064>, who <0834> made <06213> the sea <03220> and the dry land <03004>.”
10Hearing this, the men <0582> became <03372> even more <01419> afraid <03373> <03372> and said <0559> to <0413> him, “What <04100> have you done <06213>?” (The men <0582> said this <02063> because <03588> they knew <03045> that <03588> he <01931> was trying to escape <01272> from <06440> the Lord <03069>, because <03588> he had previously told <05046> them <01992>.)
11Because <03588> the storm <03220> was growing <01980> worse and worse <05590>, they said <0559> to <0413> him, “What <04100> should we do <06213> to you to make the sea <03220> calm down <08367> for <05921> us?”
12He said <0559> to <0413> them, “Pick <05375> me up <05375> and throw <02904> me into <0413> the sea <03220> to make the sea <03220> quiet <08367> down <05921>, because <03588> I <0589> know <03045> it’s my fault <07945> you are in <05921> this <02088> severe <01419> storm <05591>.”
13Instead, they <0582> tried to row <02864> back <07725> to <0413> land <03004>, but they were not <03808> able <03201> to do so because <03588> the storm <05590> kept growing <01980> worse and worse.
14So they cried <07121> out to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “Oh, please <0577>, Lord <03068>, don’t <0408> let us die <06> on account of this <02088> man <0376>! Don’t <0408> hold us guilty of shedding innocent <05355> blood <01818>. After <03588> all, you <0859>, Lord <03068>, have done <06213> just <0834> as you pleased <02654>.”
15So they picked <05375> Jonah <03124> up <05375> and threw <02904> him into <0413> the sea <03220>, and the sea <03220> stopped <05975> raging <02197>.
16The men <0376> feared <03372> the Lord <03068> greatly <01419>, and earnestly <05087> vowed <05088> to offer <02076> lavish sacrifices <02077> to the Lord <03068>.
17The Lord <03068> sent <04487> a huge <01419> fish <01709> to swallow <01104> Jonah <03124>, and Jonah <03124> was <01961> in the stomach <04578> of the fish <01709> three <07969> days <03117> and three <07969> nights <03915>.