He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.”                                                                                                …

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.                                                                                                                   Jonah 3:10-4:1  God demonstrated His love, mercy,…

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.                                                                                                                      Jonah 3:10  God responded to the people of Nineveh by relenting from the calamity that was…

Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish.                                                                                                                            Jonah 3:9  The people of Nineveh responded to Jonah’s message by believing in God. Their thinking was that perhaps God would relent of the destruction that…

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.                                                                                                                       Jonah 3:5  As we have seen, we are all in need of redemption. From the greatest to the least, from the…

Then Jonah began to go through the city one day’s walk; and he cried out and said, “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”                                                                                                                          Jonah 3:4  Jonah’s message for Nineveh was brief and rang with certain clarity. Unless the city turned toward the Lord, they…

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you.”                                                                                                                     Jonah 3:1-2  Jonah has run from the presence of the Lord, been tossed overboard into a raging…

Salvation is from the Lord. Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land.                                                                                                                  Jonah 2:9b-10  “Salvation is from the Lord” is Jonah’s final declaration just before God commanded the great fish to spit him out onto dry land. From this point on,…

While I was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple. Those who regard vain idols forsake their faithfulness, but I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay.                                                                                                                       Jonah 2:7-9  It may not be necessary for us…

Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, weeds were wrapped around my head. I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, but You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.                                                                                                                        Jonah 2:5-6  Jonah continues with the…