Category Archives: Jonah

Jonah Flees From the Lord 1 The word of theLordcame to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from theLordand headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship […]

Jonah’s Prayer # 1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to theLordhis God. 2 He said: “In my distress I called to theLord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry. 3 You hurled me into the depths, into the very […]

Jonah Goes to Nineveh 1 Then the word of theLordcame to Jonah a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.” 3 Jonah obeyed the word of theLordand went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go […]

Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion 1 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to theLord, “Isn’t this what I said,Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, […]