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Verse 8. _TELL US - FOR WHOSE CAUSE_] A very gentle method of bringing
the charge home to himself, and the several questions here asked gave
the utmost latitude to make the best of his own case....
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TELL US, FOR WHOSE CAUSE - Literally “for what to whom.” It may be
that they thought that Jonah had been guilty toward some other. The
lot had pointed him out. The mariners, still fearing to do wrong,...
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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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FOR WHOSE CAUSE, &c.. for what cause. The lot had told them the
person, but not the "cause". So they appeal to Jonah....
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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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_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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FOR WHOSE CAUSE— _Wherefore,_ or _on what account._ Houbigant....
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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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Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this
evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou?
what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
THEN SAID...
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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...
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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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FOR WHOSE CAUSE... — The Hebrew idiom is peculiar, _on account of
which to whom;_ but in this verse, when addressed by the sailors to
the prophet, it is expressed in a more elegant form than when used...
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וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו הַגִּידָה
־נָּ֣א לָ֔נוּ בַּ אֲשֶׁ֛ר לְ מִי ־הָ
רָעָ֥ה הַ זֹּ֖את...
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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 fulf...
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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 there...
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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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There is somewhat very interesting in this history, simply as an
history, but considered spiritually it riseth in importance. When in
the threatened shipwreck of our whole nature by reason of the fall...
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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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After the lot fell on Jonah, they doubted not but that he was the
guilty person, any more than if he had been a hundred times proved to
be so: for why did they cast lots, except that they were persuad...
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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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THEN THEY SAID UNTO HIM, TELL US, WE PRAY THEE,.... They did not fall
upon him at once in an outrageous manner, and throw him overboard; as
it might be thought such men would have done, considering wh...
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Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this
evil [is] upon us; What [is] thine occupation? and whence comest thou?
what [is] thy country? and of what people [art] thou?
Ver....
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_Come, and let us cast lots_ “The sailors betake themselves to this
practice, because they see that there is something supernatural in the
tempest: whence they conclude that it arose on account of som...
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JONAH'S COMMISSION AND FLIGHT...
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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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THEN SAID THEY UNTO HIM; when the lot pointed out Jonah, these
mariners all are satisfied that he was the man, that heaven had
determined that grand inquiry, and accordingly they treat with him.
TELL...
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Jonah 1:8 said H559 (H8799) tell H5046 (H8685) trouble H7451
occupation H4399 where H370 come H935 (H8799) country H776 people
H5971
Tell - Joshua 7:19; 1 Samuel 14:43; James 5:16
What is thine -...
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‘Then they said to him, “Tell us, we pray you, for whose cause
this evil is on us. What is your occupation, and from where do you
come? What is your country, and of what people are you?”
Convinced th...
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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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_What is thine occupation?_
WHAT IS THINE OCCUPATION?
In secular life God intends every man to have an occupation. So too in
the Christian life. The world of sin inquires of the Church, “What
is thi...
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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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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; E...
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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 Nineveh to cry against it; but he tries to
avoid the mission, and to this end t...
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CHAPTER III. JONAH'S BEHAVIOUR ON RECEIVING THE DIVINE COMMISSION, AND
THE EXTRAORDINARY MEANS TAKEN TO RECLAIM HIM FROM HIS BACKSLIDING
IF it seemed strange, at first sight, that Jonah should have re...
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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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1 Samuel 14:43; 1 Samuel 30:13; Genesis 47:3; James 5:16; Joshua 7:19...
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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...