Jonah (Yonah in Hebrew) — Wanting To Escape From G-d But He Did Not Deny His Faith In The One True G-d Of The Hebrews

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“Nineveh”

“The Tempest”

“Arise! Go to Nineveh, the great city, and call out against her, for their wickedness has ascended before Me.”
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But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from before Hashem. …
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Then Hashem cast a mighty wind toward the sea; there was a great tempest in the sea and the ship threatened to be broken.
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The sailors became frightened and they cried out, each to his god; … But Jonah had descended to the ship’s holds and he lay down and fell fast asleep.
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Then they said one to another, “Come, let us cast lots that we may determine because of whom this calamity is upon us.” So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.
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He said to them, “I am a Hebrew and I fear Hashem, the God of the Heavens, Who made the sea and the dry land.”
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He said to them, “Pick me up and heave me into the sea and the sea will calm down from upon you; for I know that it is because of me that this great tempest is upon you.”
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So they lifted Jonah and heaved him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging.
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Then the men felt a great fear of Hashem; they slaughtered a sacrifice to Hashem and took vows.
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1 And the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying:
2 Arise, go to Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it, for their evil has come before Me.
3 And Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from before the Lord, and he went down to Joppa, found a ship going to Tarshish, paid its hire, and went down into it to come with them to Tarshish from before the Lord.
4 Now the Lord cast a mighty wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, and the ship threatened to be broken up.
5 And the sailors were frightened, and each one cried out to his god, and they cast the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them, and Jonah went down to the ship’s hold, lay down, and fell fast asleep.
6 And the captain approached him and said to him, “Why do you sleep? Get up, call out to your God, perhaps God will think about us, and we will not perish.”
7 And they said, each one to his fellow, “Come, let’s cast lots, so that we will know because of whom this evil has befallen us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
8 And they said to him, “Tell us now, because of whom has this evil befallen us? What is your work and whence do you come? What is your land, and from what people are you?”
9 And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven, Who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 And the men were very frightened, and they said to him, “What is this that you have done?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from before the Lord, because he had told them.
11 And they said to him, “What shall we do with you, so that the sea subside from upon us, since the sea is becoming stormier?”
12 And he said to them, “Pick me up and cast me into the sea, so that the sea may subside from upon you, for I know that, because of me, this mighty tempest is upon you.”
13 And the men rowed vigorously to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was becoming stormier upon them.
14 And they called to the Lord and said, “Please, O Lord, let us not perish for the life of this man, and do not place upon us innocent blood, for You, O Lord, as You wish, You have done.”
15 And they picked Jonah up and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased storming.
16 And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and they made sacrifices to the Lord and made vows.