Chapter 1

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Jonah 2Kgs 14:25; Matt 12:39, Matt 16:4; Luke 11:29-30, Luke 11:32, Jonas


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Nineveh Jonah 3:2, Jonah 4:11; Gen 10:11; 2Kgs 19:36; Nah 1:1, 2:1-3:19; Zeph 2:13-15

cry Jonah 3:2; Isa 58:1; Jer 1:7-10; Ezek 2:7, Ezek 3:5-9; Mic 3:8; Matt 10:18

for Gen 18:20-21; Ezra 9:6; Jas 5:4; Rev 18:5


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to flee Jonah 4:2; Exod 4:13-14; 1Kgs 19:3, 1Kgs 19:9; Jer 20:7-9; Ezek 3:14; Luke 9:62; Acts 15:38, Acts 26:19; 1Cor 9:16

from Gen 3:8, Gen 4:16; Job 1:12, Job 2:7; Ps 139:7-12; 2Thess 1:9

Joppa Josh 19:46; 2Chr 2:16; Acts 9:36

Tarshish As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in Spain, to which he intended to flee. When we reflect how such a message would be received in the streets of London at this day, we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh. Isa 2:16, Isa 23:1, Isa 23:6, Isa 23:10, Isa 60:9; Ezek 27:12


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the Lord Exod 10:13, Exod 10:19, Exod 14:21, Exod 15:10; Num 11:31; Ps 107:24-31, Ps 135:7; Amos 4:13; Matt 8:24-27; Acts 27:13-20

sent out Heb. cast forth

like Heb. thought


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cried Jonah 1:6, Jonah 1:14, Jonah 1:16; 1Kgs 18:26; Isa 44:17-20, Isa 45:20; Jer 2:28; Hos 7:14

and cast Job 2:4; Acts 27:18-19, Acts 27:38; Phil 3:7-8

the sides 1Sam 24:3

and was Judg 16:19; Matt 25:5, Matt 26:40-41, Matt 26:43, Matt 26:45; Luke 22:45-46


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What Isa 3:15; Ezek 18:2; Acts 21:13; Rom 13:11; Eph 5:14

arise Ps 78:34, Ps 107:6, Ps 107:12-13, Ps 107:18-20, Ps 107:28-29; Jer 2:27-28; Mark 4:37-41

if Jonah 3:9; 2Sam 12:22; Esth 4:16; Joel 2:11; Amos 5:15


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every Judg 7:13-14; Isa 41:6-7

and let Josh 7:14-18; Judg 20:9-10; 1Sam 10:20-21, 1Sam 14:41-42; Esth 3:7; Ps 22:18; Prov 16:33; Matt 27:35; Acts 1:23-26, Acts 13:19

for Josh 7:10, Josh 7:13, Josh 22:16-20; 1Sam 14:38-39; Job 10:2

and the Num 32:23; Josh 7:18; 1Cor 4:5


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Tell Josh 7:19; 1Sam 14:43; Jas 5:16

What is thine Gen 47:3; 1Sam 30:13


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I am Gen 14:13, Gen 39:14; Phil 3:5

and I 2Kgs 17:25, 2Kgs 17:28, 2Kgs 17:32-35; Job 1:9; Hos 3:5; Acts 27:23; Rev 15:4

the Lord or, Jehovah

the God Ezra 1:2, Ezra 5:11, Ezra 7:12-13; Neh 1:4, Neh 2:4; Ps 136:26; Dan 2:18-19, Dan 2:44; Rev 11:13, Rev 16:11

which Neh 9:6; Ps 95:5-6, Ps 146:5-6; Acts 14:15, Acts 17:23-25


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were John 19:8

exceedingly afraid Heb. afraid, with great fear, Dan 5:6-9

Why Josh 7:25; 2Sam 24:3

he fled Jonah 1:3; Job 27:22


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What 1Sam 6:2-3; 2Sam 21:1-6, 2Sam 24:11-13; Mic 6:6-7

calm unto us Heb. silent from us. wrought, and was tempestuous. or, grew more and more tempestuous. Heb. went and was, etc.


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Take 2Sam 24:17; John 11:50

for Josh 7:12, Josh 7:20-21; 1Chr 21:17; Eccl 9:18; Acts 27:24


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Nevertheless the There was great humanity and tender feeling in these men. They were probably affected deeply with the candid confession, the disinterested, submissive conduct of the disobedient prophet, and were unwilling to cast him into the deep, until they found that every effort to save themselves was in vain.

rowed Heb. digged

but Job 34:29; Prov 21:30


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they Jonah 1:5, Jonah 1:16; Ps 107:28; Isa 26:16

let Gen 9:6; Deut 21:8; Acts 28:4

for Ps 115:3, Ps 135:6; Dan 4:34-35; Matt 11:26; Eph 1:9, Eph 1:11


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they Josh 7:24-26; 2Sam 21:8-9

and the Ps 89:9, Ps 93:3-4, Ps 107:29; Matt 8:26; Luke 8:24

ceased Heb. stood


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feared Jonah 1:10; Isa 26:9; Dan 4:34-37, Dan 6:26; Mark 4:31; Acts 5:11

offered etc. Heb. sacrificed a sacrifice unto the Lord, and vowed vows, Gen 8:20; Judg 13:16; 2Kgs 5:17; Ps 107:22; Isa 60:5-7

made Gen 28:20; Ps 50:14, Ps 66:13-16, Ps 116:14; Eccl 5:4


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the Lord Jonah 4:6; Gen 1:21; Ps 104:25-26; Hab 3:2

in Matt 12:40, Matt 16:4; Luke 11:30

belly Heb. bowels


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