Jonah

TKJU^{(i) 1} Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ² "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me." ³ But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: So he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. ⁴ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was likely to be broken. ⁵ Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried out to his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah had gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. ⁶ So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, "What do you intend, O sleeper? Arise, call upon your God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we do not perish." ⁷ And everyone said to his fellow associate, "Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. ⁸ Then they said to him, "Tell us, we implore you, for whose cause is this evil upon us; What is your occupation? And from where do you come? What is your country? And of what people are you?" ⁹ And he said to them, "I am a Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which has made the sea and the dry land." ¹⁰ Then the men were exceedingly afraid, and said to him, "Why have you done this?" For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because He had told them. ¹¹ Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea worked up and down up and down, and was tempestuous. ¹² And he said to them, "Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: For I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you." ¹³ Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: For the sea worked up and down, and was tempestuous against them. ¹⁴ Therefore they cried out to the LORD, and said, "We beseech you, O LORD, we beseech you, do not let us perish for this man's life, and do not lay upon us innocent blood: For you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you." ¹⁵ So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: And the sea ceased from her raging. ¹⁶ Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows. ¹⁷ Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.