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	<sup class="versenum">9</sup> “I am a Hebrew,” he replied; “I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”		<sup class="versenum">9</sup> “I am a Hebrew,” he replied; “I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

	<sup class="versenum">10</sup> Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him, “How could you do such a thing!~~”â€”They~~ knew that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had told them.		<sup class="versenum">10</sup> Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him, “How could you do such a thing!” — They knew that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had told them.

	<sup class="versenum">11</sup> They asked, “What shall we do with you, that the sea may calm down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy.		<sup class="versenum">11</sup> They asked, “What shall we do with you, that the sea may calm down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy.

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	<sup class="versenum">13</sup> Still the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy.		<sup class="versenum">13</sup> Still the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy.

	<sup class="versenum">14</sup> Then they cried to the LORD: â€œPlease, O LORD, do not let us perish for taking this ~~manâ€™s~~ life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, LORD, have accomplished what you desired.â€		<sup class="versenum">14</sup> Then they cried to the LORD: â€œPlease, O LORD, do not let us perish for taking this man’s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, LORD, have accomplished what you desired.â€

	<sup class="versenum">15</sup> Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.		<sup class="versenum">15</sup> Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
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	<sup class="versenum">5</sup> Jonah then left the city for a place to the east of it, where he built himself a hut and waited under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city.		<sup class="versenum">5</sup> Jonah then left the city for a place to the east of it, where he built himself a hut and waited under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city.

	<sup class="versenum">6</sup> Then the LORD God provided a gourd plant. And when it grew up over ~~Jonahâ€™s~~ head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was greatly delighted with the plant.		<sup class="versenum">6</sup> Then the LORD God provided a gourd plant. And when it grew up over Jonah’s head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was greatly delighted with the plant.

	<sup class="versenum">7</sup> But the next morning at dawn God provided a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.		<sup class="versenum">7</sup> But the next morning at dawn God provided a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.

	<sup class="versenum">8</sup> And when the sun arose, God provided a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon ~~Jonahâ€™s~~ head till he became faint. '''Then he wished for death, saying, â€œIt is better for me to die than to live.â€'''		<sup class="versenum">8</sup> And when the sun arose, God provided a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah’s head till he became faint. '''Then he wished for death, saying, â€œIt is better for me to die than to live.â€'''

	<sup class="versenum">9</sup> But God said to Jonah, â€œDo you have a right to be angry over the gourd plant?â€ Jonah answered, '''â€œI have a right to be angry--angry enough to die.â€'''		<sup class="versenum">9</sup> But God said to Jonah, â€œDo you have a right to be angry over the gourd plant?â€ Jonah answered, '''â€œI have a right to be angry--angry enough to die.â€'''

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	== Links ==		== Links ==

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	::: ''The fact that Jonah asks for death when God forgives the Ninevites shows how stupid and unconverted he is. Wanting to die is not a praiseworthy or admirable response to God showing mercy to wrongdoers!''		::: ''The fact that Jonah asks for death when God forgives the Ninevites shows how stupid and unconverted he is. Wanting to die is not a praiseworthy or admirable response to God showing mercy to wrongdoers!''

			:::; St. Francis DeSales, ''Finding God's Will In Your Life'' (90-92)

			:::: Chapter 4 - Learn to Embrace Your Crosses

			:::: Jonah was greatly at fault in being downcast because God, as he thought, did not fulfill His prophecy for Nineveh. Jonah did God's will in proclaiming the destruction of Nineveh, but he mingled his own interests and will with those of God. Hence when he saw that God did not fulfill his prediction in the strict sense of the words used in announcing it, Jonah was offended and murmured with indignation. If the good pleasure of the divine will had been the sole motive of his actions, he would have been just as content in seeing it accomplished in the remission of the penalty Nineveh had merited as in seeing it satisfied by punishment of the fault Nineveh had committed. We desire that what we undertake or manage shall succeed, but it is unreasonable that God should do everything after our liking. If God wills that Nineveh be threatened but not destroyed, since the threat is sufficient to correct it, why should Jonah complain?

	:; Jonah asks for death the third time.		:; Jonah asks for death the third time.

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	=== Chapter 3: Nineveh repents ===		=== Chapter 3: Nineveh repents ===
	~~Here is~~ Barron~~'s telling of the events in~~ Chapter 3: "One of the funniest parts of the story: Jonah preaches, and everybody repents. Every single person, from the king to the cattle--the cattle put on sackcloth and ashes. They repent, too!"		Barron summarizes Chapter 3 in a few words: "One of the funniest parts of the story: Jonah preaches, and everybody repents. Every single person, from the king to the cattle--the cattle put on sackcloth and ashes. They repent, too!"

	This not a wholly unfair ~~summary~~ of the chapter. Barron only intended to give a twenty-minute talk on the theme of conversion, so the fact that he neglects the remainder of the material in the book is not surprising. But the remainder of the material contradicts his supposition that Jonah is a model for us to admire and follow.		This not a wholly unfair synopsis of the chapter. Barron only intended to give a twenty-minute talk on the theme of conversion, so the fact that he neglects the remainder of the material in the book is not surprising. But the remainder of the material contradicts his supposition that Jonah is a model for us to admire and follow.

	Barron attributes repentance to the cattle while the text does not: ::: "By decree of the king and his nobles, no man or beast, no cattle or sheep, shall taste anything; they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water" [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:6 (3:7).] The imposition of the fast on their domestic animals is an indication of how thoroughly the king and his people have responded to God's judgment of their sinfulness. ''These pagans, like the pagan sailors in chapter 1, are the true models of conversion in the book.'' The author indicates that it should have taken Jonah three days to deliver his message, but the whole city was converted in a single day [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:1 (3:3-4);] the citizens of Nineveh must have helped Jonah spread the word.		Barron attributes repentance to the cattle while the text does not: ::: "By decree of the king and his nobles, no man or beast, no cattle or sheep, shall taste anything; they shall not eat, nor shall they drink water" [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:6 (3:7).] The imposition of the fast on their domestic animals is an indication of how thoroughly the king and his people have responded to God's judgment of their sinfulness. ''These pagans, like the pagan sailors in chapter 1, are the true models of conversion in the book.'' The author indicates that it should have taken Jonah three days to deliver his message, but the whole city was converted in a single day [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:1 (3:3-4);] the citizens of Nineveh must have helped Jonah spread the word.
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	Barron recognizes the comedy in causing the animals to imitate their masters' penitence, but he does not mention the absurdity of the fast that the Ninevites have undertaken. God's message, delivered by Jonah, was unconditional: "Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown" [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:1 (3:4).] ''No one could live forty days without food or water--if God did not destroy them, their fast from food and water would!''		Barron recognizes the comedy in causing the animals to imitate their masters' penitence, but he does not mention the absurdity of the fast that the Ninevites have undertaken. God's message, delivered by Jonah, was unconditional: "Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown" [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:1 (3:4).] ''No one could live forty days without food or water--if God did not destroy them, their fast from food and water would!''

	God repents in response to the repentance of the Ninevites: "When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, ''he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them;'' he did not carry it out" [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:9 (3:10).] It is very important for interpreting other passages in the Scriptures to see that "repentance" does not necessarily imply "repentance for ''sin.''" God cannot sin, so He cannot repent of sin. The word means "to change one's mind completely" or "to head in the opposite direction."		God repents in response to the repentance of the Ninevites: "When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, ''he repented of the evil he had threatened to do to them;'' he did not carry it out" [http://usccb.org/bible/jonah/3:9 (3:10).] It is very important for interpreting other passages in the Scriptures to see that "repentance" does not necessarily imply "repentance for ''sin.''" God cannot sin, so He cannot repent of sin. The word means "to change one's mind completely" or "to head in the opposite direction."

	=== Chapter 4: Jonah remains unrepentant ===		=== Chapter 4: Jonah remains unrepentant ===

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	::: Father Barron says, "The whale has taken him all the way back to shore and spews him up right near Nineveh." This is a geographic impossibility. There is no such verse in the text. There is no water route from the eastern Mediterranean across Syria to the Tigris River. Jonah had to walk overland.		::: Father Barron says, "The whale has taken him all the way back to shore and spews him up right near Nineveh." This is a geographic impossibility. There is no such verse in the text. There is no water route from the eastern Mediterranean across Syria to the Tigris River. Jonah had to walk overland.

	The most likely reason for Barron concocting a non-Biblical version of the story is that it moves the story along, skipping over the drudgery of crossing the mountains and the arid land that stand between the shore and the sinful city. Since the author of the text mentions nothing at all of this long journey, no immediate harm is done by substituting a cartoon geography for that of the real world. It is just something that students of Scripture will have to unlearn when they try to grapple with other passages about Assyria and Nineveh.		::: The most likely reason for Barron concocting a non-Biblical version of the story is that it moves the story along, skipping over the drudgery of crossing the mountains and the arid land that stand between the shore and the sinful city. Since the author of the text mentions nothing at all of this long journey, no immediate harm is done by substituting a cartoon geography for that of the real world. It is just something that students of Scripture will have to unlearn when they try to grapple with other passages about Assyria and Nineveh.

	=== Chapter 3: Nineveh repents ===		=== Chapter 3: Nineveh repents ===

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	=== Chapter 2: A Pious Insertion ===		=== Chapter 2: A Pious Insertion ===

	Father Barron--and the sacred scripture, inspired by the Holy Spirit in all of its parts--says that Jonah prays. Barron calls this "a beautiful detail." I respectfully disagree.		Father Barron--and the sacred scripture, inspired by the Holy Spirit in all of its parts--says that Jonah prays. Barron calls this "a beautiful detail." I respectfully disagree. Barron's interpretation is beautiful, but the intrusion of the psalm of thanksgiving weakens the literary structure of the book.

	There are good reasons to think that this psalm is ''not'' part of the original book and that it should be set aside when trying to interpret the original story, which also was inspired by the Holy Spirit.		There are good reasons to think that this psalm is ''not'' part of the original book and that it should be set aside when trying to interpret the original story, which also was inspired by the Holy Spirit.

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	<sup class="versenum">5</sup> Then the sailors were afraid and each one cried to his god. To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and lay there fast asleep.		<sup class="versenum">5</sup> Then the sailors were afraid and each one cried to his god. To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea. Meanwhile, Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship, and lay there fast asleep.

	<sup class="versenum">6</sup> The captain approached him and said, ~~â€œWhat~~ are you doing asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps this god will be mindful of us so that we will not perish.”		<sup class="versenum">6</sup> The captain approached him and said, “What are you doing asleep? Get up, call on your god! Perhaps this god will be mindful of us so that we will not perish.”

	<sup class="versenum">7</sup> Then they said to one another, ~~â€œCome~~, let us cast lots to discover on whose account this evil has come to us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.		<sup class="versenum">7</sup> Then they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots to discover on whose account this evil has come to us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

	<sup class="versenum">8</sup> They said to him, ~~â€œTell~~ us why this evil has come to us! What is your business? Where do you come from? What is your country, and to what people do you belong?”		<sup class="versenum">8</sup> They said to him, “Tell us why this evil has come to us! What is your business? Where do you come from? What is your country, and to what people do you belong?”

	<sup class="versenum">9</sup> ~~â€œI~~ am a Hebrew,” he replied; ~~â€œI~~ fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”		<sup class="versenum">9</sup> “I am a Hebrew,” he replied; “I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”

	<sup class="versenum">10</sup> Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him, ~~â€œHow~~ could you do such a thing!”â€”They knew that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had told them.		<sup class="versenum">10</sup> Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him, “How could you do such a thing!”â€”They knew that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had told them.

	<sup class="versenum">11</sup> They asked, ~~â€œWhat~~ shall we do with you, that the sea may calm down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy.		<sup class="versenum">11</sup> They asked, “What shall we do with you, that the sea may calm down for us?” For the sea was growing more and more stormy.

	<sup class="versenum">12</sup> Jonah responded, ~~â€œPick~~ me up and hurl me into the sea and then the sea will calm down for you. For I know that this great storm has come upon you because of me.”		<sup class="versenum">12</sup> Jonah responded, “Pick me up and hurl me into the sea and then the sea will calm down for you. For I know that this great storm has come upon you because of me.”

	<sup class="versenum">13</sup> Still the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy.		<sup class="versenum">13</sup> Still the men rowed hard to return to dry land, but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy.

	<sup class="versenum">14</sup> Then they cried to the LORD: ~~â€œPlease~~, O LORD, do not let us perish for taking this man’s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, LORD, have accomplished what you desired.”		<sup class="versenum">14</sup> Then they cried to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish for taking this man’s life; do not charge us with shedding innocent blood, for you, LORD, have accomplished what you desired.”

	<sup class="versenum">15</sup> Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.		<sup class="versenum">15</sup> Then they picked up Jonah and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.
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	\|You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, and the flood enveloped me; All your breakers and your billows passed over me. Then I said, ~~â€œI~~ am banished from your sight! How will I again look upon your holy temple?” The waters surged around me up to my neck; the deep enveloped me; seaweed wrapped around my head. I went down to the roots of the mountains; to the land whose bars closed behind me forever,		\|You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the sea, and the flood enveloped me; All your breakers and your billows passed over me. Then I said, “I am banished from your sight! How will I again look upon your holy temple?” The waters surged around me up to my neck; the deep enveloped me; seaweed wrapped around my head. I went down to the roots of the mountains; to the land whose bars closed behind me forever,
	\|valign="top"\|''The psalmist was drowning. He was swallowed by the ocean, not by a big fish. He went all the way down to the bottom of the ocean and became entangled in seaweed. He was about to die. Jonah was, of course, "cast into the deep, into the heart of the sea," so this is the second element of the psalm that corresponds with the story of Jonah. But from this point on, there is a huge divergence between the two stories.''		\|valign="top"\|''The psalmist was drowning. He was swallowed by the ocean, not by a big fish. He went all the way down to the bottom of the ocean and became entangled in seaweed. He was about to die. Jonah was, of course, "cast into the deep, into the heart of the sea," so this is the second element of the psalm that corresponds with the story of Jonah. But from this point on, there is a huge divergence between the two stories.''
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	<sup class="versenum">1</sup> But this greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.		<sup class="versenum">1</sup> But this greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.

	<sup class="versenum">2</sup> He prayed to the LORD, ~~â€œO~~ LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I fled at first toward Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in kindness, repenting of punishment.		<sup class="versenum">2</sup> He prayed to the LORD, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I fled at first toward Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger, abounding in kindness, repenting of punishment.

	<sup class="versenum">3</sup> So now, LORD, '''please take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live'''.”		<sup class="versenum">3</sup> So now, LORD, '''please take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live'''.”

	<sup class="versenum">4</sup> But the LORD asked, ~~â€œAre~~ you right to be angry?”		<sup class="versenum">4</sup> But the LORD asked, “Are you right to be angry?”
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	<sup class="versenum">7</sup> But the next morning at dawn God provided a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.		<sup class="versenum">7</sup> But the next morning at dawn God provided a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.

	<sup class="versenum">8</sup> And when the sun arose, God provided a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah’s head till he became faint. '''Then he wished for death, saying, ~~â€œIt~~ is better for me to die than to live.”'''		<sup class="versenum">8</sup> And when the sun arose, God provided a scorching east wind; and the sun beat upon Jonah’s head till he became faint. '''Then he wished for death, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”'''

	<sup class="versenum">9</sup> But God said to Jonah, ~~â€œDo~~ you have a right to be angry over the gourd plant?” Jonah answered, '''~~â€œI~~ have a right to be angry--angry enough to die.”'''		<sup class="versenum">9</sup> But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a right to be angry over the gourd plant?” Jonah answered, '''“I have a right to be angry--angry enough to die.”'''
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	<sup class="versenum">10</sup> Then the LORD said, ~~â€œYou~~ are concerned over the gourd plant which cost you no effort and which you did not grow; it came up in one night and in one night it perished.		<sup class="versenum">10</sup> Then the LORD said, “You are concerned over the gourd plant which cost you no effort and which you did not grow; it came up in one night and in one night it perished.

	<sup class="versenum">11</sup> And should I not be concerned over the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot know their right hand from their left, not to mention all the animals?”		<sup class="versenum">11</sup> And should I not be concerned over the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot know their right hand from their left, not to mention all the animals?”

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