JONAH (Minor Prophets)

JONAH was from the northern kingdom of Israel and focused mostly on Assyria. He was told to go to Nineveh in Assyria to prophesy against them but fled away - But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. Jonah 1:3 God sent a storm - But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. Jonah 1:4 Jonah told them to cast him into the sea to calm it - And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. Jonah 1:12 Jonah was swalloed into the belly of the great fish - Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 1:17 The Lord sent Jonah to Nineveh a second time - Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. Jonah 3:2 The people responded to Jonah and his preaching - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. Jonah 3:5 In summary - When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. Jonah 2:7