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Verse 9. _I FEAR THE LORD_] In this Jonah was _faithful_. He gave an
honest testimony concerning the God he served, which placed him before
the eyes of the sailors as infinitely higher than the objec...
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I AM AN HEBREW - This was the name by which Israel was known to
foreigners. It is used in the Old Testament, only when they are spoken
of by foreigners, or speak of themselves to foreigners, or when t...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
CHAPTER 1
The Commission of the Prophet ,His Disobedience, and the Consequences
_ 1. The commission (John 1:1) _
2. The disobedience (John 1:3)
3. The consequences (John...
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JONAH 1:1 TO JONAH 2:1; JONAH 2:10. JONAH VAINLY SEEKS TO EVADE THE
MISSION TO WHICH GOD APPOINTS HIM. Jonah is bidden by Yahweh to
proclaim judgment on Nineveh for its sin, but he hurries in the
oppo...
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HE SAID, &c. He does not tell them all. We find the real reason in
Jonah 4:1.
HEBREW. Referring to the language spoken.. title used in relation to
foreigners (Genesis 40:16; Exodus 3:18, &c.)
the God...
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Jonah's Punishment. The Storm and its consequences
No sooner does Jonah decide upon his course of action and think
himself now secure of its accomplishment, than God arrests him by the
judgment of th...
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The emergency recalls Jonah to his true self. All the better part of
his character now comes out. His conduct throughout the remainder of
the chapter is dignified and manly, worthy of a servant and pr...
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_WHY HAST THOU DONE THIS -- JONAH 1:4-10:_ God sent a very violent
wind that was about to destroy the boat that Jonah was in. Jonah
learned "the hard way" that it is a terrible mistake to run from God...
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AND I FEAR THE LORD, &C.— Rather, _I fear Jehovah,_ &c. _Jehovah_
being the peculiar name of the true God, by which he was distinguished
from those who had the names of gods and lords among the heathe...
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GOD'S MESSENGER RUNNING FROM GODTHE CONTRARIETY OF JONAH
TEXT: Jonah 1:3-10
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But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of Jehovah;
and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going...
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And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God
of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, I AM AN HEBREW. He does not say "an
Israelite." For...
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THE DISOBEDIENCE OF JONAH
2. Nineveh] the world-famous capital of Assyria, on the Tigris. For
its wickedness cp. Nahum 3.
3. Jonah seeks to escape from the unwelcome task, both because he
hates the N...
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THE MAN WHO DISAGREED WITH GOD
JONAH
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
INTRODUCTION
The book does not say who wrote it. It is unlikely that Jonah was the
author. This is because the story is not very favourable...
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AND HE SAID... — “The emergency recalls Jonah to his true self.
All the better part of his character now comes out. His conduct
throughout the remainder of the chapter is dignified and manly, worthy
o...
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THE GREAT REFUSAL
John 1:1
WE have now laid clear the lines upon which the Book of Jonah was
composed. Its purpose is to illustrate God's grace to the heathen in
face of His people's refusal to fulfi...
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FLEEING FROM GOD AND DUTY
John 1:1-16
Jonah is mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25. He was clearly very patriotic,
and did not despair of his country in its darkest days. This
commission to Nineveh was theref...
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In narrating his own experience on his mission to Nineveh, Jonah
intended to teach his people the lesson of the inclusiveness of the
divine government, and thus to rebuke their exclusive attitude towa...
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_Fear, and therefore fly from the face of the Lord, ver. 3, 10.
(Haydock) --- He knew that God is every where, ver. 3., and Psalm
cxxxiii. 8. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "I worship." Fear is often taken...
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It appears by the following verse, that he not only told who he was,
but his whole history, and particularly that part of it which referred
to his running away from his duty; and for which this singul...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
The most cursory reader can hardly avoid seeing that Jonah has a
peculiar place among the prophets. There is none more intensely
Jewish; yet his prophecy was...
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Jonah the Sleeper
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we began our study of the book of Jonah.
1. As usual, we did a brief background study and you might remember
that I shared with you that this little b...
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I now come to his answer, _He said to them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear
Jehovah the God of heaven, Who has created the sea and the dry land
_(24) Here Jonah seemed as yet to evade, yea, to disown his c...
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Introduction to Jonah
Nineveh-which represents the world in its natural greatness, full of
pride and iniquity, regardless of God and of His authority-had
deserved the righteous judgment of God. This i...
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AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, I [AM] AN HEBREW,.... He does not say a Jew, as
the Targum wrongly renders it; for that would have been false, since
he was of the tribe of Zebulun, which was in the kingdom of...
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_And he said unto them, I [am] an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God
of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry [land]._
Ver. 9. _And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew_] _i.e._ A true
believer,...
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_And he said, I am a Hebrew_ One descended from Heber, whose offspring
by Abraham are well known. _And I fear the Lord_ Or rather JEHOVAH,
_the God of heaven_, Jehovah being the peculiar name of the t...
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And he said unto them, in an open confession of his guilt, I AM AN
HEBREW, the usual name applied to the people of Israel by the
surrounding nations; AND I FEAR THE LORD, THE GOD OF HEAVEN,
worshiping...
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JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
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THE LORD:
Or, JEHOVAH...
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8-12 Jonah gave an account of his religion, for that was his
business. We may hope that he told with sorrow and shame, justifying
God, condemning himself, and explaining to the mariners what a great...
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AND HE SAID UNTO THEM; Jonah freely and readily gives account of
himself. I AM A HEBREW; one that am descended from Heber, whose
offspring by Abraham are well known, and probably to these mariners:
he...
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Jonah 1:9 said H559 (H8799) Hebrew H5680 fear H3373 LORD H3068 God
H430 heaven H8064 made H6213 ...
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‘And he said to them, “I am a Hebrew; and I fear YHWH, the God of
heaven, who has made the sea and the dry land.” '
Jonah answered in terms that they could understand. ‘Hebrew' was the
description use...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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JONAH 1-4
Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ.
I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among
different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the
similitude of the pro...
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Jonah 1:1. Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of
Amittai, saying, Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. But Jonah rose
up...
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CONTENTS: Jonah's commission and effort to avoid God's will. Swallowed
by a great fish.
CHARACTERS: God, Jonah, seamen.
CONCLUSION: Men may be distinctly called of God to proclaim His
message, yet r...
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Jonah 1:1. _The word of the Lord came to Jonah._ The word of prophecy,
delivered by Christ, the preëxistent Word, as appears from his
reasoning with the prophet when angry that Nineveh was spared. Jon...
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_I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord._
JONAH’S CONFESSION
I. The advantage of being born and educated in some countries above
others. Consider them both in a natural and in a spiritual sense. Some
cou...
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JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:4 Jonah and the Pagan Sailors. These verses
tell of Jonah’s encounter with pagan sailors. It raises the
question, Who truly fears the Lord—Jonah, or the pagans? At the
beginning...
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JONAH—NOTE ON JONAH 1:9 MADE THE SEA. God created the very seas
Jonah tries to use to flee. Jonah knows now that he cannot escape
God’s presence (v. Jonah 1:3)....
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
JONAH 1:8. TELL] How urgent and earnest this examination! Fit
questions for our own hearts!
JONAH 1:9. HEBREW] A name by which an Israelite was known to
foreigners (Genesis 40:15;...
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EXPOSITION
JONAH 1:1
Part I. THE MISSION OF JONAH. HIS DISOBEDIENCE AND PUNISHMENT.
JONAH 1:1
§ 1. Jonah is sent to Nine
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We cannot but admire the frankness of Jonah's confession of guilt, and
his willing surrender to the claims of justice, when the temptations
were so great to an opposite course an evidence surely of so...
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Jonah
Now we come to that interesting prophet Jonah.
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their
wickedne...
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2 Kings 17:25; 2 Kings 17:28; 2 Kings 17:32; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:23
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JONAH, THE BOOK OF DIVINE REVELATIONS
Jonah 1:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We want, as we enter into the Book of Jonah, to speak of its
historicity. There are many today who relegate this most marvelous
me...