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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Jonah 1 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jonah/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jonah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Jonah 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../obadiah/1.htm" title="Obadiah 1">◄</a> Jonah 1 <a href="../jonah/2.htm" title="Jonah 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/jonah/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jonah is Called to Go to Nineveh</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now this message from the LORD came to Amittai’s son Jonah:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:1 The Heb. name Jonah means dove">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 The Heb. lacks in protest">b</a></span> against it, because their evil has come to my attention.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:2 Lit. has come up before me">c</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Jonah Runs from God’s Call</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But Jonah got up and fled from the LORD to Tarshish.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:3 i.e. a city far to the West">d</a></span> He went down to Joppa, secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded, intending to go with the mariners<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:3 Lit. with them">e</a></span> to Tarshish to escape from the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the LORD sent<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:4 Lit. threw">f</a></span> a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:4 Or out so that the ship seemed that it was">g</a></span> about to break up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>At this point the mariners became terrified, and each man cried out to his gods. They began to throw the cargo into the sea in order to lighten the vessel. But Jonah had gone down into the vessel’s hold, had lain down, and was fast asleep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So the captain approached him, and told him, “What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:6 The Heb. lacks your">h</a></span> god will think about us so we won’t die!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Meanwhile, each crewman told another, “Come on! Let’s cast lots to find out whose fault it is that we’re in this trouble.” So they cast lots, and the lot indicated Jonah! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So they interrogated him: “Tell us, why has this trouble come upon us? What’s your occupation? Where’d you come from? What’s your home country? What’s your nationality?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“I’m a Hebrew,” he replied, “and I’m afraid of the LORD God of heaven, who made the sea—along with the dry land!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>In mounting terror, the men asked him, “What have you done?” The men were aware that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had admitted this to them.</p> <p class="heading">Jonah is Thrown Overboard</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Because the sea was growing more and more stormy, they asked him, “What do we have to do to you so the sea will calm down for us?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Jonah<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 Lit. He">i</a></span> told them, “Pick me up and toss me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, because I know that it’s my fault that this mighty storm has come<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:12 The Heb. lacks has come">j</a></span> upon you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Even so, the crewmen rowed hard to bring the ship toward dry land, but they were unsuccessful, because the sea was growing more and more stormy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>At last they cried out to the LORD, “Please, LORD, do not let us perish because of this man’s life, and do not hold us responsible for innocent blood, because you, LORD, have done what pleased you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then the men feared the LORD greatly, offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jonah/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 This vs. is 2:1 in MT">k</a></span> Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="1:17 Lit. fish, and so throughout the book">l</a></span> to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 1:1 The Heb. name <i>Jonah</i> means <i>dove</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 1:2 The Heb. lacks <i>in protest</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 1:2 Lit. <i>has come up before me</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 1:3 i.e. a city far to the West<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 1:3 Lit. <i>with them</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 1:4 Lit. <i>threw</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 1:4 Or <i>out so that the ship seemed that it was</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 1:6 The Heb. lacks <i>your</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 1:12 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 1:12 The Heb. lacks <i>has come</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 1:17 This vs. is 2:1 in MT<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 1:17 Lit. <i>fish</i>, and so throughout the book<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../obadiah/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Obadiah 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Obadiah 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jonah/2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jonah 2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jonah 2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/jonah/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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