Jonah’s Disobedience

1 Now the word of the Lord came to ^(A)Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ² “Arise, go to ^(B)Nineveh, that ^(C)great city, and cry out against it; for ^(D)their wickedness has come up before Me.” ³ But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to ^(E)Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to ^(F)Tarshish ^(G)from the presence of the Lord.

The Storm at Sea

⁴ But ^(H)the Lord ^[a]sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.

⁵ Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten ^[b]the load. But Jonah had gone down ^(I)into the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.

⁶ So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, ^(J)call on your God; ^(K)perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

Jeroboam II Reigns in Israel

²³ In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. ²⁴ And he did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the ^(A)sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin. ²⁵ He ^(B)restored the ^[a]territory of Israel ^(C)from the entrance of Hamath to ^(D)the^[b] Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which He had spoken through His servant ^(E)Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet who was from ^(F)Gath Hepher. ²⁶ For the Lord ^(G)saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter; and whether bond or free, ^(H)there was no helper for Israel. ^27 (I)And the Lord did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

²⁷ “But ^(A)will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the ^(B)heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built!