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When God calls you, listen, respond and obey! For your faithfulness is a delight to God and a testimony to the nations! Disobedience only incurs the righteous wrath of God. Nevertheless, God will use both your obedience and disobedience to bring about His glory and worship.
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Jonah 1:1-17
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Now the word of the Lord came to a Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
God spoke to Jonah,
“ Arise ,
HE SAID, "Get up
go to b Nineveh,
IN ORDER TO travel to Nineveh
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that c great city,
TO EXPLAIN, it is a great city
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and call out against it,
THEN tell them they are sinful
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d for their evil 1 has come up before me.”
BECAUSE their sin offends me"
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But Jonah e rose to flee to f Tarshish
INSTEAD, Jonah decided to run away
from the presence of the Lord .
IN ORDER TO escape God's presence/the spirit of prophesy/the call of God to cry out against evil.
He went down to g Joppa
THUS, He went to Joppa
and found a ship going to f Tarshish.
THEN found a Tarshish ship
So he paid the fare
THEN paid the fare
and went down into it,
THEN went into the boat
to go with them to f Tarshish,
IN ORDER TO go to Tarshish
h away from the presence of the Lord .
AND flee from God's presence/spirit of prophesy (in Israel)/his responsibilities and obligations as a prophet
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But i the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea,
AS A RESULT OF JONAH'S DISOBEDIENCE, God created a storm
and there was a mighty tempest on the sea,
TO EXPLAIN, this storm was fierce
so that the ship threatened j to break up.
AND AS A RESULT, the storm threatened to destroy Jonah's boat
Then the mariners were afraid,
THEN the seafarers were afraid
and k each cried out to his god.
THEN they prayed to their idols
And l they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea
THEN they threw the heavy things in the sea
to lighten it for them.
IN ORDER TO help them float
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But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship
SURPRISINGLY, Jonah was doing none of these things, because he'd gone down into the ship
and had lain down
THEN he lied down
and was fast asleep.
AS A RESULT, he fell asleep
So the captain came and said to him,
THEN, the captain came down SURPRISED at Jonah, and said
“What do you mean, you sleeper?
“How can you not be awake right now?!
Arise ,
Wake up!
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k call out to your god!
THEN pray to your God
m Perhaps the god will give a thought to us,
AS A RESULT he might have mercy on us
that we may not perish.”
IN ORDER THAT we do not die"
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And they said to one another,
AFTER WAKING JONAH UP, they said
“Come, let us n cast lots,
"Let's cast lots
that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.”
IN ORDER TO know who is responsible for our horrible circumstance"
So they cast lots,
AS A RESULT, they did cast lots
and the lot fell on Jonah.
WHICH RESULTED in the lots pointing to Jonah
Then they said to him,
THEN they asked
“Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us.
SAYING, "WHY are we suffering this way?
What is your occupation?
WHAT do you do?
And where do you come from?
WHERE is do you originate?
What is your country?
WHERE is your home?
And of what people are you?”
WHAT nation are you a part of?"
And he said to them,
HE ANSWERED
“I am a Hebrew,
SAYING, "I am a Hebrew
and I fear o the Lord ,
AND I fear God
the God of heaven,
MEANING the real God
p who made the sea and the dry land.”
AND MEANING the God who created the very thing that you are afraid of."
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Then the men were exceedingly afraid
AS A RESULT of Jonah being a Hebrew/fearful of God, they became afraid
and said to him,
AND they said,
“What is this that you have done!”
"Are you crazy?!"
For the men knew that h he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord ,
BECAUSE they knew Jonah was running from the presence of God/the spirit of prophesy/the fellowship of God
because he had told them.
He told them he was running, and the consequences of doing so.
Then they said to him,
AS A RESULT OF HIS TELLING THEM, they responded,
“What shall we do to you,
QUESTION: "What do we do now?
that the sea may quiet down for us?”
SO THAT we might live?"
For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
BECAUSE the storm was getting worse.
He said to them,
ANSWER: He answered
“Pick me up
"Pick me up
and hurl me into the sea;
THEN throw me into the sea
then the sea will quiet down for you,
AND AS A RESULT, the sea will be still
q for I know it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you.”
BECAUSE I know my sins are the cause of this storm"
Nevertheless, the men rowed hard 1
DESPITE JONAH'S WARNING, the men rowed
to get back to dry land,
IN ORDER TO return to land
but they could not,
BUT they were unsuccessful
for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.
BECAUSE the storm was getting worse.
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Therefore they called out to the Lord ,
THEREFORE, they cried desperately,
“O Lord , let us not perish for this man’s life,
SAYING, "Don't kill us because we're killing Jonah
and r lay not on us innocent blood,
AND don't punish us because we're innocent
s for you, O Lord , have done as it pleased you.”
BECAUSE we are doing what delights you"
So they picked up Jonah
THEN they picked up Jonah
and hurled him into the sea,
THEN threw him into the sea
t and the sea ceased from its raging.
AND AS A RESULT, the storm ceased
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly,
AND AS A RESULT OF THE STORM CEASING, they men were fearful of God's power
u and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord
THEN they worshiped Him
v and made vows.
THEN they worshiped Him some more.
1 And the Lord appointed 2 a great fish to swallow up Jonah.
THEN the Lord caused a fish to swallow Jonah
w And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
AS A RESULT OF BEING SWALLOWED, Jonah was in the fish 3 days/nights.
As an Israelite, Jonah would have known that it was impossible to escape "God's eye", but it seems Jonah wanted to be left alone, to be able to decide what he can and cannot do on his own without the direction or sovereignty of God.
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