Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+004   Jonah 4 (ESV) Jonah’s Anger and the Lord’s Compassion 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+003   Jonah 3 (ESV) Jonah Goes to Nineveh 1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+002   Jonah 2 (ESV) Jonah’s Prayer 1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. 3 For you cast me into the deep, […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jonah+001   JONAH INTRODUCTION The book relates how the word of the Lord came to Jonah, a prophet during the reign of Jeroboam II in the 8th century BC. It is unique among prophetic books in focusing on a story about a prophet rather than a collection of oracles. The book contains […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Obadiah+001   OBADIAH INTRODUCTION When Judah’s capital city of Jerusalem fell to the Babylonian army in 587/6 BC, those in the neighboring kingdom of Edom joined in looting the city. They intercepted fleeing Judeans and turned them over to the Babylonians to be executed or enslaved. They showed no compassion even […]