- The Lord speaks to Jonah (Jonas in the NT), saying, Arise, go to Nineveh & preach against their malice. Jonah flees from the Lord to Joppa & takes a boat to Tarshish. A storm occurs. Jonah is blamed & thrown overboard. A great fish swallows him & he is in its belly 3 days. #Jnh1
- Jonah prays to the Lord from the fish’s belly. The waters surround me, even my soul; the depth closes around me, & the seaweed is wrapped about my head. Yet you have brought my life from corruption. The Lord spake to the fish, and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land. #Jnh2
- The Lord says to Jonah to arise & go to Nineveh. Jonah does, & tells the people that, Yet 40 days, & Nineveh shall be overthrown. The people and king of Nineveh put on sackcloth & ashes & turn from their evil ways. God repented of the evil he said he would do unto them. #Jnh3
- Jonah, upset at his prophecy not coming true, wishes to die. He sits at a sunny spot overlooking Nineveh. The Lord provides shade & takes it away the next day. God tells Jonah that if he is upset about shade, think of 120000 persons who cannot discern between right & left. #Jnh4