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Jonah receives a call from the Lord to go to Nineveh. He fleeth to Tarshish. A storm overtakes the ship in which Jonah is embarked. At his request the mariners throw him into the sea, and he is swallowed by a fish.
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET JONAH _Chronological Notes relative to this Book, upon the supposition_ _that the repentance of the Ninevites happened in the twenty-third_ _year of the reign of Jehu, king o...
NOW THE WORD OF THE LORD - , literally, “And, ...” This is the way in which the several inspired writers of the Old Testament mark that what it was given them to write was united onto those sacred boo...
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...
THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME. This statement is unanswerable, and covers the truth of the whole contents of this book. This, or. like expression occurs _seven_ times in Jonah (Jonah 1:1; Jonah 2:10; Jona...
Jonah 1:1-3. Jonah's Disobedience 1. _Now the word_, &c. Lit., "And the word," &c. There is no reason to conclude from this that the Book of Jonah is only a fragment of a larger work. Many books of th...
_ARISE; GO PREACH TO NINEVEH -- JONAH 1:1-3:_ God is concerned even with the wickedness of heathen nations. So He commanded Jonah to preach in Nineveh. Jonah, the son of Amittai, was a prophet of God...
GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE COMMISSION OF JONAH TEXT: Jonah 1:1-2 1 Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry ag...
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, NOW - literally, 'And.' This 'and' marks that this book was joined on to the other sacred books-also Joshua, Judges, Ruth, the...
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...
JONAH’S DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT. (1) NOW... — More strictly, _And_; but the English quite adequately represents the Hebrew style of beginning a narrative, whether it formed a book by itself, or me...
וַֽ יְהִי֙ דְּבַר ־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל ־יֹונָ֥ה בֶן
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...
Now the word of the LORD came (a) unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, The Argument - When Jonah had long prophesied in Israel and had little profited, God gave him specific charge to go and denounc...
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...
_THE PROPHET JONAH_ ‘Jonah the son of Amittai.’ Jonah 1:1 I. THE PROPHECY OF JONAH IS CONFESSEDLY ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE AND INTERESTING IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.—Deserting the ordinary cycle of Je...
Jonah the Sprinter I. INTRODUCTION A. This morning we begin the study of the book of Jonah! 1. This little book is only 4 Chapter s long, but filled with spiritual truths! 2. There has also been m...
As I have before observed, Jonah seems here indirectly to intimate, (9) that he had been previously called to the office of a teacher; for it is the same as though he had said, that he framed this his...
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...
NOW THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO JONAH THE SON OF AMITTAI,.... Or, "and the word of the Lord was" l; not that this is to be considered as connected with something the prophet had on his mind and in...
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Ver. 1. _Now the word of the Lord came_] Heb. _And the word_ For with that particle "And" the Hebrews sometimes begin a discourse,...
_Now the word of the Lord_ An impulse or revelation from the Lord, significative of his will; _came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai_ Of whom see 2 Kings 14:25. It is probable he had been before acquain...
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai, in a vision or by a direct revelation, SAYING,...
JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
JONAH: Called Matthew 12:39 Jonas...
JONAH CHAPTER 1 Jonah, sent by God to Nineveh, fleeth to Tarshish, JONAH 1:1: he is overtaken by a tempest, and discovered, JONAH 1:4 , thrown into the sea, JONAH 1:11 , and swallowed by a fish,...
Jonah 1:1 word H1697 LORD H3068 Jonah H3124 son H1121 Amittai H573 saying H559 (H8800) Jonah -...
‘Now the word of YHWH came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,' As a prophet of YHWH Jonah received ‘the word of YHWH'. We are rarely given any explanation of how the word of YHWH was given and we ar...
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...
John 1:1 The main features of the case are: (1) A Divine commission and command distinctly and authoritatively given, with some of the reasons for it annexed, although with others certainly not fully...
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...
_Now the Word of the Lord came unto Jonah._ JONAH, THE RUNAWAY PROPHET The commission may be viewed-- I. In its source. It is-- 1. Supreme, as the Word of the Lord. 2. Peremptory; it is absolute,...
JONAH 1:1 Jonah’s Commissioning and Flight. This episode records Jonah’s call to prophesy and his flight from that call. Two questions drive the plot: (1) What will happen to the Ninevites? and (2) Wh...
CRITICAL NOTES.] AND (now)] a continuation of the Hebrew writings, not an independent PART. Jonah 1:2. That] Heb. the city, the great, the art, a demonstrative force. NINEVEH] Cf. Genesis 10:11, _Sm...
EXPOSITION JONAH 1:1 Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT. JONAH 1:1 § 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY THE TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF JONAH'S APPEARANCE AS A PROPHET IT is always of importance for a correct understanding of the prophetical scriptures, to know something of the tim...
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 14:25; Luke 11:29; Luke 11:30; Luke 11:32; Matthew 12:39;...
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...
Is the Book of Jonah fact or fiction? PROBLEM: Traditional Bible scholarship has held that the Book of Jonah records events that actually took place in history. However, because of the literary style...