Verse 9. I fear the Lord] In this Jonah was faithful. He gave an honest testimony concerning the God he served, which placed him before the eyes of the sailors as infinitely higher than the objects of their adoration; for the God of Jonah was the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land, and governed both. He also honestly told them that he was fleeing from the presence of this God, whose honourable call he had refused to obey. See John 1:10.
I AM AN HEBREW - This was the name by which Israel was known to foreigners. It is used in the Old Testament, only when they are spoken of by foreigners, or speak of themselves to foreigners, or when t...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1 The Commission of the Prophet ,His Disobedience, and the Consequences _ 1. The commission (John 1:1) _ 2. The disobedience (John 1:3) 3. The consequences (John...
JONAH 1:1 TO JONAH 2:1; JONAH 2:10. JONAH VAINLY SEEKS TO EVADE THE MISSION TO WHICH GOD APPOINTS HIM. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in the oppo...
HE SAID, &c. He does not tell them all. We find the real reason in Jonah 4:1. HEBREW. Referring to the language spoken.. title used in relation to foreigners (Genesis 40:16; Exodus 3:18, &c.) the God...
Jonah's Punishment. The Storm and its consequences No sooner does Jonah decide upon his course of action and think himself now secure of its accomplishment, than God arrests him by the judgment of th...
The emergency recalls Jonah to his true self. All the better part of his character now comes out. His conduct throughout the remainder of the chapter is dignified and manly, worthy of a servant and pr...
_WHY HAST THOU DONE THIS -- JONAH 1:4-10:_ God sent a very violent wind that was about to destroy the boat that Jonah was in. Jonah learned "the hard way" that it is a terrible mistake to run from God...
AND I FEAR THE LORD, &C.— Rather, _I fear Jehovah,_ &c. _Jehovah_ being the peculiar name of the true God, by which he was distinguished from those who had the names of gods and lords among the heathe...
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CONTRARIETY OF JONAH TEXT: Jonah 1:3-10 3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going...
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. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, I AM AN HEBREW. He does not say "an Israelite." For...
THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JONAH 2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For its wickedness cp. Nahum 3. 3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he hates the N...
THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD JONAH _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ INTRODUCTION The book does not say who wrote it. It is unlikely that Jonah was the author. This is because the story is not very favourable...
AND HE SAID... — “The emergency recalls Jonah to his true self. All the better part of his character now comes out. His conduct throughout the remainder of the chapter is dignified and manly, worthy o...
וַ יֹּ֥אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם עִבְרִ֣י אָנֹ֑כִי וְ אֶ
THE GREAT REFUSAL John 1:1 WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in face of His people's refusal to fulfi...
FLEEING FROM GOD AND DUTY John 1:1-16 Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25. He was clearly very patriotic, and did not despair of his country in its darkest days. This commission to Nineveh was theref...
In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude towa...
_Fear, and therefore fly from the face of the Lord, ver. 3, 10. (Haydock) --- He knew that God is every where, ver. 3., and Psalm cxxxiii. 8. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I worship." Fear is often taken...
It appears by the following verse, that he not only told who he was, but his whole history, and particularly that part of it which referred to his running away from his duty; and for which this singul...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The most cursory reader can hardly avoid seeing that Jonah has a peculiar place among the prophets. There is none more intensely Jewish; yet his prophecy was...
Jonah the Sleeper I. INTRODUCTION A. Last week we began our study of the book of Jonah. 1. As usual, we did a brief background study and you might remember that I shared with you that this little b...
I now come to his answer, _He said to them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear Jehovah the God of heaven, Who has created the sea and the dry land _(24) Here Jonah seemed as yet to evade, yea, to disown his c...
Introduction to Jonah Nineveh-which represents the world in its natural greatness, full of pride and iniquity, regardless of God and of His authority-had deserved the righteous judgment of God. This i...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, I [AM] AN HEBREW,.... He does not say a Jew, as the Targum wrongly renders it; for that would have been false, since he was of the tribe of Zebulun, which was in the kingdom of...
_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]._ Ver. 9. _And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew_] _i.e._ A true believer,...
_And he said, I am a Hebrew_ One descended from Heber, whose offspring by Abraham are well known. _And I fear the Lord_ Or rather JEHOVAH, _the God of heaven_, Jehovah being the peculiar name of the t...
And he said unto them, in an open confession of his guilt, I AM AN HEBREW, the usual name applied to the people of Israel by the surrounding nations; AND I FEAR THE LORD, THE GOD OF HEAVEN, worshiping...
JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
THE LORD: Or, JEHOVAH...
8-12 Jonah gave an account of his religion, for that was his business. We may hope that he told with sorrow and shame, justifying God, condemning himself, and explaining to the mariners what a great...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM; Jonah freely and readily gives account of himself. I AM A HEBREW; one that am descended from Heber, whose offspring by Abraham are well known, and probably to these mariners: he...
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‘And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear YHWH, the God of heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.” ' Jonah answered in terms that they could understand. ‘Hebrew' was the description use...
FEAR (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
JONAH 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the pro...
Jonah 1:1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose up...
CONTENTS: Jonah's commission and effort to avoid God's will. Swallowed by a great fish. CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, seamen. CONCLUSION: Men may be distinctly called of God to proclaim His message, yet r...
Jonah 1:1. _The word of the Lord came to Jonah._ The word of prophecy, delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared. Jon...
_I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord._ JONAH’S CONFESSION I. The advantage of being born and educated in some countries above others. Consider them both in a natural and in a spiritual sense. Some cou...
JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:4 Jonah and the Pagan Sailors. These verses tell of Jonah’s encounter with pagan sailors. It raises the question, Who truly fears the Lord—Jonah, or the pagans? At the beginning...
JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:9 MADE THE SEA. God created the very seas Jonah tries to use to flee. Jonah knows now that he cannot escape God’s presence (v. Jonah 1:3)....
CRITICAL NOTES.] JONAH 1:8. TELL] How urgent and earnest this examination! Fit questions for our own hearts! JONAH 1:9. HEBREW] A name by which an Israelite was known to foreigners (Genesis 40:15;...
EXPOSITION JONAH 1:1 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT. JONAH 1:1 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
We cannot but admire the frankness of Jonah's confession of guilt, and his willing surrender to the claims of justice, when the temptations were so great to an opposite course an evidence surely of so...
Jonah Now we come to that interesting prophet Jonah. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedne...
2 Kings 17:25; 2 Kings 17:28; 2 Kings 17:32; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:23
JONAH, THE BOOK OF DIVINE REVELATIONS Jonah 1:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want, as we enter into the Book of Jonah, to speak of its historicity. There are many today who relegate this most marvelous me...