Get a random Bible verse from the Book of Jonah — a reluctant prophet and a merciful God.
Jonah 1:3
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.
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Jonah is the story of a prophet who ran from God's call to preach in Nineveh — and of the God who pursued him through a storm, a great fish, and a second chance. It is a book about divine mercy wider than any prophet's heart.
Its 4 chapters and 48 verses include Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish and its great confession, "Salvation is of the LORD" (Jonah 2:9). When the whole city of Nineveh repents, God relents — and Jonah sulks, provoking one of Scripture's gentlest rebukes. The book ends with God's own summary of his character: "thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness" (Jonah 4:2).
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Jonah tells how a reluctant prophet was sent to Nineveh, how the city repented at his reluctant preaching, and how God used the experience to teach Jonah — and every reader — the width of divine mercy.
The Book of Jonah has 4 chapters and 48 verses in the King James Version (1769).