Jonah 1:1

Jonah 1:1

Jonah’s Disobedience

1 Now the word of the Lord came to ^aJonah the son of Amittai, saying,

2 “Arise, go to ^aNineveh, that ^bgreat city, and cry out against it; for ^ctheir wickedness has come up before Me.”

3 But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to ^aJoppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to ^bTarshish ^cfrom the presence of the Lord.

The Storm at Sea

4 But ^athe Lord sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up.

5 Then the mariners were afraid; and every man cried out to his god, and threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea, to lighten¹ the load. But Jonah had gone down ^ainto the lowest parts of the ship, had lain down, and was fast asleep.

6 So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, ^acall on your God; ^bperhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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JONAH'S COMMISSION TO NINEVEH, FLIGHT, PUNISHMENT, AND PRESERVATION BY MIRACLE. (Jon. 1:1-17)

Jonah—meaning in Hebrew, "dove." Compare Genesis 8:8-9, where the dove in vain seeks rest after flying from Noah and the ark: so Jonah. GROTIUS not so well explains it, "one sprung from Greece" or Ionia, where there were prophets called Amythaonidæ.

Amittai—Hebrew for "truth," "truth-telling"; appropriate to a prophet.

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