JONAH - Chapter Four

Jonah’s anger at the Lord’s  compassion

1 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 

2 He prayed to the Lord, ‘Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. 

3 Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.’

4 But the Lord replied, ‘Is it right for you to be angry?’

5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 

6 Then the Lord God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. 

7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. 

8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, ‘It would be better for me to die than to live.’

9 But God said to Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?’

‘It is,’ he said. ‘And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.’

10 But the Lord said, ‘You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 

11 And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left – and also many animals?’

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STUDY- LINKS

3D Digital Art Ancient Nineveh -

 Ashurbanipal, Assyria

https://youtu.be/XzFySIllqk8

JONAH - Overview 

(The Bible Project )

https://youtu.be/dLIabZc0O4c

Jonah - (David Pawson)

https://youtu.be/g_UJOIgazU4

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JONAH - Chapter Three

 

Jonah goes to Nineveh

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

2 ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.’

3 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. 

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

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

6 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. 

7 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. 

8 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. 

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

10 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.

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STUDY- LINKS

3D Digital Art Ancient Nineveh -

 Ashurbanipal, Assyria

https://youtu.be/XzFySIllqk8

JONAH - Overview 

(The Bible Project )

https://youtu.be/dLIabZc0O4c

Jonah - (David Pawson)

https://youtu.be/g_UJOIgazU4

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JONAH - Chapter Two

Jonah’s Prayer

1 

From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 

2 

He said:

‘In my distress I called to the Lord,

    and he answered me.

From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help,

    and you listened to my cry.

3 

You hurled me into the depths,

    into the very heart of the seas,

    and the currents swirled about me;

all your waves and breakers

    swept over me.

4 

I said, “I have been banished

    from your sight;

yet I will look again

    towards your holy temple.”

5 

The engulfing waters threatened me,

    the deep surrounded me;

    seaweed was wrapped around my head.

6 

To the roots of the mountains I sank down;

    the earth beneath barred me in for ever.

But you, Lord my God,

    brought my life up from the pit.

7 

‘When my life was ebbing away,

    I remembered you, Lord,

and my prayer rose to you,

    to your holy temple.

8 

‘Those who cling to worthless idols

    turn away from God’s love for them.

9 

But I, with shouts of grateful praise,

    will sacrifice to you.

What I have vowed I will make good.

    I will say, “Salvation comes from the Lord.”’

10 

And the Lord commanded the fish, 

and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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Study - Links 

3D Digital Art Ancient Nineveh - 

Ashurbanipal, Assyria 

https://youtu.be/XzFySIllqk8

JONAH - Overview 

(The Bible Project )

https://youtu.be/dLIabZc0O4c

Jonah - (David Pawson)

https://youtu.be/g_UJOIgazU4

JONAH - Chapter One

JONAH - Overview (The Bible Project )

Jonah flees from the Lord

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.’

3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.

4 Then the Lord sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 5 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 6 The captain went to him and said, ‘How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.’

7 Then the sailors said to each other, ‘Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.’ They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 8 So they asked him, ‘Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What kind of work do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?’

9 He answered, ‘I am a Hebrew and I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.’

10 This terrified them and they asked, ‘What have you done?’ (They knew he was running away from the Lord, because he had already told them so.)

11 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, ‘What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?’

12 ‘Pick me up and throw me into the sea,’ he replied, ‘and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.’

13 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. 14 Then they cried out to the Lord, ‘Please, Lord, do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.’ 15 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. 16 At this the men greatly feared the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows to him.

17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

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Study - Links 

3D Digital Art Ancient Nineveh - Ashurbanipal, Assyria

https://youtu.be/XzFySIllqk8

JONAH - (David Pawson)

https://youtu.be/g_UJOIgazU4

JONAH - Overview 

(The Bible Project )

https://youtu.be/dLIabZc0O4c

LAMENTATIONS - Chapter Five

A Prayer for Mercy and  Restoration

1 

 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us;

    look, and see our disgrace.

2 

Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,

    our homes to foreigners.

3 

We have become fatherless,

    our mothers are widows.

4 

We must buy the water we drink;

    our wood can be had only at a price.

5 

Those who pursue us are at our heels;

    we are weary and find no rest.

6 

We submitted to Egypt and Assyria

    to get enough bread.

7 

Our ancestors sinned and are no more,

    and we bear their punishment.

8 

Slaves rule over us,

    and there is no one to free us from their hands.

9 

We get our bread at the risk of our lives

    because of the sword in the desert.

10 

Our skin is hot as an oven,

    feverish from hunger.

11 

Women have been violated in Zion,

    and virgins in the towns of Judah.

12 

Princes have been hung up by their hands;

    elders are shown no respect.

13 

Young men toil at the millstones;

    boys stagger under loads of wood.

14 

The elders are gone from the city gate;

    the young men have stopped their music.

15 

Joy is gone from our hearts;

    our dancing has turned to mourning.

16 

The crown has fallen from our head.

    Woe to us, for we have sinned!

17 

Because of this our hearts are faint;

    because of these things our eyes grow dim

18 

for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,

    with jackals prowling over it.

19 

You, Lord, reign for ever;

    your throne endures from generation to generation.

20 

Why do you always forget us?

    Why do you forsake us so long?

21 

Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return;

    renew our days as of old

22 

unless you have utterly rejected us

    and are angry with us beyond measure.

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Study - LINKS

Lamentations - Overview 

The Bible Project

https://youtu.be/p8GDFPdaQZQ

Lamentations - David Pawson

https://youtu.be/eD4ruTpZ0qk

Lamentations - by Tim Mackie 

(The Bible Project)

https://youtu.be/g72cXP3MKX0

Lamentations in 6 Minutes

https://youtu.be/s9nf0a8TkDg