Jonah 1:1-6

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Now the word of the LORD came to aJonah the son of Amittai, saying,

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“Arise, go to bNineveh, that cgreat city, and call out against it, dfor their evil1 has come up before me.”

Arise, go to Nineveh

That great city (the great city Nineveh the great one)

Call out against it

For their evil

Has come up before me (or rubbed in my face)

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3 But Jonah erose to flee to fTarshish from the presence of the LORD. He went down to gJoppa and found a ship going to fTarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to fTarshish, haway from the presence of the LORD.

But Jonah rose:

To flee to (down) Tarshish

(Down) from the presence of the LORD

He went down to Joppa

Found a ship going (down) to Tarshish

So he paid the fare

Went down into it (into the bowels of the ship)

To go with them (down) to Tarshish,

(down) Away from the presence of the LORD.

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4 But ithe LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened jto break up.

But(thus) the LORD:

Hurled a great (and powerful) wind upon the sea

There was a mighty tempest on the sea

So that the ship threatened to break up. (The ship contemplated breaking up)

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5 Then the mariners were afraid, and keach cried out to his god. And lthey hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep.

Then the mariners (old salts) were afraid

Each cried out to his god (gods)

They hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them

But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship

Had lain down and was fast asleep.

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6 So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, kcall out to your god! mPerhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”

So the captain came and said to him

What do you mean you sleeper

Arise call out to your god (gods)

Perhaps the god (god) will give a thought to us

That we may not perish