32:001:002 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,
and cry against it; for
their
wickedness is come up before me.
32:001:003 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish
from the presence of
the
lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship
going to
Tarshish:
so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it,
to
go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the
lord.
32:001:004 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 like
to be
broken.
32:001:005 Then the mariners were afraid, and cried
every man unto his
god,
and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into
the
sea,
to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down
into the
sides
of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
32:001:006 So the shipmaster came to him, and said
unto him, What meanest
thou,
O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that
God
will
think upon us, that we perish not.
32:001:007 And they said every one to his fellow,
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.
32:001:008 Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray
thee, for whose
cause
this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and
whence
comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people
art
thou?
32:001:009 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew;
and I fear the lord,
the
God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry
land.
32:001:010 Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and
said unto him. Why
hast
thou done this? For the men knew that he fled
from the
presence
of the lord, because he had told them.
32:001:011 Then said they unto him, What shall we
do unto thee, that the
sea
may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was
tempestuous.
32:001:012 And he said unto them, Take me up, and
cast me forth into the
sea;
so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know
that for my
sake
this great tempest is upon you.
32:001:013 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring
it to the land; but
they
could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous
against
them.
32:001:014 Wherefore they cried unto the lord,
and said, We beseech thee,
O
lord, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this
man’s
life,
and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou,
O lord,
hast
done as it pleased thee.
32:001:015 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth
into the sea: and
the
sea ceased from her raging.


