The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 27, 2023

Jonah 3:1 (NIV)

Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time:

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 27, 2023

Jonah 3:2 (NIV)

“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 28, 2023

Jonah 3:3 (NIV)

Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 28, 2023

Jonah 3:4 (NIV)

Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 28, 2023

Jonah 3:5 (NIV)

The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 3:6 (NIV)

When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes,
covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 3:7 (NIV)

This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 3:8 (NIV)

But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God.
Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 3:9 (NIV)

Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 3:10 (NIV)

When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them
the destruction he had threatened.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:1 (CSB)

Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:2 (CSB)

He prayed to the Lord, “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish
in the first place. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who
relents from sending disaster.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:3 (CSB)

And now, Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:4 (CSB)

The Lord asked, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:5 (CSB)

Jonah left the city and found a place east of it. He made himself a shelter there and sat in its shade to see what would happen
to the city.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:6 (CSB)

Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew over Jonah to provide shade for his head to rescue him from his trouble.
Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:7 (CSB)

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered.

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:8 (CSB)

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so much that he almost fainted,
and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live."

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:9 (CSB)

Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“Yes, it’s right!” he replied. “I’m angry enough to die!”

Lucy-Pevensie · Apr 29, 2023

Jonah 4:10 (CSB)

And the Lord said, “You cared about the plant, which you did not labor over and did not grow.
It appeared in a night and perished in a night.

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