"*** JONAH 01 ***" 
"Jeroboam becomes king Jehoash reigned over Israel sixteen years then was gathered to his fathers and his son Jeroboam became king in Samaria. Jeroboam also did wrong in the eyes of the Lord, just like the kings before him by not turning away from the calf worship. Israels former boundaries restored However Jeroboam F* regained the towns captured by the Syrians and restored again the original boundaries of Israel.F * 4This was in accordance with the word of the Lord to the prophet Jonah.F * The prophet Jonah called by the Lord to warn the city of Nineveh Now the word of the"
"Lord came to the prophet Jonah saying, Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, for its wickedness has come up before me. Jonah is fearful and flees to Tarshish But Jonah feared and fled to Joppa where he boarded a ship and sailed for Tarshish.F * A terrible storm arises at sea But a terrible storm arose at sea and the sailors feared greatly. Each one cried out to his god and they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. Jonah had gone below deck and fallen into a deep sleep, but the captain awoke him and said, How can you sleep? Up and call on your god that we not"
"perish. Then the sailors said to one another, Let us cast lots and find out who is responsible for this calamity. So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. They asked him, What have you done to bring this trouble upon us? Jonah admits to the sailors he is running away from Jehovah Jonah answered, I am an Israelite and worship Jehovah the God of heaven who made the sea and the land. I am running away from him. This made the sailors even more fearful. The sailors ask Jonah what they should do Now the sea was raging higher and higher so they cried out to Jonah, What can we do to make the sea"
"calm down? Jonah tells the sailors to cast him into the sea Jonah answered, Cast me into the sea and it will become calm. I am the cause of this great storm. However the men rowed hard to try and bring the ship back to land, but they could not and the sea grew even wilder. The sailors finally throw Jonah overboard So they cried out, O Jehovah do not hold us guilty for drowning an innocent man. Then they picked up Jonah and threw him overboard and the huge seas at once ceased raging. 17At this the men greatly feared Jehovah and they offered a sacrifice and made vows to him. A huge fish"
"swallows Jonah Meanwhile Jonah in his distress in the water called upon the Lord and the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow him. Jonah prays to Lord in gratitude Inside the fish, Jonah prayed in gratitude saying: In my distress I called to the Lord. From the depths of SheolF * I called and you heard my cry. I was hurled into the heart of the sea. The currents swirled about and the waves swept over me. The engulfing waters buried me and seaweed wrapped around my head. I said, I have been banished from your sight, will I ever look again toward your holy Temple? To Sheol I sank down, but you"
"brought my life back up from the Pit. With a song of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you O Jehovah. What I have vowed I will do. Jonah vomited onto dry land Jonah was inside the fish for three days and nights, then the Lord commanded the fish and it vomited Jonah onto dry land." 
"*** JONAH 02 ***" 
"The Lord again calls Jonah to preach to Nineveh The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time saying, Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim the message I will give you. 2This time Jonah obeyed the Lord and went to Nineveh. Nineveh a very large city Now Nineveh was a very large city. To walk"
"through it took three days. Jonah begins to prophesy destruction of Nineveh On his first day in the city Jonah began to preach saying , Forty more days and Nineveh will be destroyed. The Ninevites believe and fast and repent The Ninevites believed God and declared a fast. All of them from the greatest to the least began to put on sackcloth . 6And when the news reached the king of Nineveh , he also arose from his throne , took off his royal robes , clothed himself with sackcloth and sat in the dust. Then the king of Nineveh issued this proclamation : No man or beast is to eat or drink , but"
"every man and beast is to be covered with sackcloth . Let all call on God and give up their evil ways and their violence . 8God may yet turn from his fierce anger so that we will notperish . The Lord decides not to destroy Nineveh When God saw how the Ninevites turned from their evil ways he had compassion on them . He did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened . Jonah is angry at the Lords compassion But Jonah was displeased at this and became angry . He prayed to the Lord saying , O Jehovah , is this not what I feared in the beginning? Is this not why I fled? 11I knew that"
"you were a gracious and loving God , slow to anger . A God who relents from sending calamity . 12Now take away my life , for it is better for me to die than to live . But the Lord said , Have you reason for your anger? God gives Jonah a lesson in love Now Jonah had made a camp outside of Nineveh waiting to see what would happen to the city . destruction did not occur. 15That day the Lord made a vine grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head and ease his discomfort . Jonah was very pleased with the vine. But at dawn the next day a worm chewed through the vine so that it withered away . And"
"when the sun arose there came a hot east wind and the sun blazed down on Jonah s head so that he grew faint . He said , It would be better for me to die . Then God said to Jonah , Have you reason to be angry about the vine? Jonah replied , I am angry enough to die . The Lord said , You loved and felt concern for this vine, though you did nottend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. Nineveh has more than a 120,000 children, and many cattle as well. How much more do I feel love and concern for them?"