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1The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai:

1Now this message from the LORD came to Amittai's son Jonah:

2"Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me."

2"Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest against it, because their evil has come to my attention."

3But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.

3But Jonah got up and fled from the LORD to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded, intending to go with the mariners to Tarshish to escape from the LORD.

4Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up.

4Then the LORD sent a great wind over the sea, and a severe storm broke out. It seemed as if the ship were about to break up.

5All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

5At 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.

6The captain went to him and said, "How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish."

6So the captain approached him, and told him, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Call on your gods! Maybe your god will think about us so we won't die!"

7Then the sailors said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity." They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

7Meanwhile, 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!

8So they asked him, "Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?"

8So 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?"

9He answered, "I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land."

9"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!"

10This terrified them and they asked, "What have you done?" (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.)

10In 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.

11The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?"

11Because 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?"

12"Pick me up and throw me into the sea," he replied, "and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you."

12Jonah 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 upon you."

13Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.

13Even 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.

14Then they cried out to the LORD, "Please, LORD, do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, LORD, have done as you pleased."

14At 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."

15Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm.

15So they picked up Jonah and tossed him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

16At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him.

16Then the men feared the LORD greatly, offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows.

17Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

17 Now the LORD had prepared a large sea creature to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the sea creature for three days and three nights.

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