This study explores Jonah's disobedience to God and his miraculous rescue through the great fish.

Jonah 4 records Jonah's angry response to God's mercy on Nineveh and God's use of a vine to teach him about compassion. It contrasts Jonah's selfish anger with God's concern for the great city and its inhabitants.

Jonah 3 recounts God commanding Jonah a second time to preach to Nineveh, and the entire city, from king to animals, responds with fasting and repentance. God sees their turning and relents from the disaster He had threatened.

Jonah 2 records Jonah's prayer from inside the fish, where he describes his affliction, his descent to the depths, and God's answer. He ends with a vow of thanksgiving and the declaration that salvation belongs to Yahweh, after which the fish vomits him onto dry land.

Jonah 1 recounts how the prophet Jonah disobeys Yahweh's command to preach against Nineveh and instead flees toward Tarshish. A violent storm arises, the sailors discover Jonah's guilt, and after he urges them to throw him overboard, Yahweh provides a great fish to swallow him.

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