Jonah

No. 1638 Jonah 2:1-10
Swallowed by the great fish, Jonah prays from inside it, from what he calls the belly of Sheol, the very depths. I called to the LORD out of my distress, he says, and he answered me; out of the belly of the...
No. 1774 Jonah 1:7-11
As the storm rages, the terrified sailors cast lots to find who is responsible, and the lot falls on Jonah. They press him: what is your occupation, where are you from, what people are you? And Jonah answers,...
No. 2780 Jonah 4:1-11
The book of Jonah ends on a strange, revealing note. Nineveh has repented and God has spared the city, and Jonah is furious about it. He prays, in effect, I knew you would do this. I knew you are gracious and...
No. 2870 Jonah 1:12-17
The storm is tearing at the ship because Jonah is fleeing God, and Jonah finally tells the sailors the truth: throw me into the sea, and it will calm, for this storm is my fault. But the pagan sailors do not...
No. 3276 Jonah 3:1-10
The word of the LORD comes to Jonah a second time: arise, go to Nineveh, and preach. This time Jonah goes and cries out through the great city, in forty days Nineveh will be overthrown. And the people of...
No. 3729 Jonah 1:1-6
God calls Jonah to go and preach to Nineveh, and Jonah does the very opposite: he rises to flee to Tarshish, in the other direction, away from the presence of the LORD. It is a striking picture of running from...