Book of Jonah

General Information

The book describes how Jonah sought to evade God's command to go to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, to preach repentance. He booked passage on a ship to Tarshish, only to have his flight brought to an end by a divinely ordained storm. Thrown overboard and swallowed by a great fish, Jonah was vomited up on shore after three days and nights. He then obeyed God's command and preached in Nineveh. When the population responded to his preaching and repented, God changed his plan to destroy the city. Divine mercy was thus shown to possess a distinctly universal dimension.

Book of Jonah

Brief Outline

1. Jonah's commission, disobedience, and punishment (1:1-16)
2. Jonah's deliverance (1:17-2:10)
3. Jonah preaches, Nineveh repents and is spared (3)
4. God's mercy defended (4)

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