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JONA H
AND THEBIG FIS H
Bible for Childrenpresents
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Writt en by: Edward Hughes
Illustr ated by: Jonathan Ha y
Adapted by: Mary-Anne S.
Produced by: Bible for Childr enwww.M1914.org
©2007 Bible for Children, In c.License: You have the right to copy or print this story,
as long as you do not sell it.
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Many years ago, a man named Jonahlived in the land o f Israel. One day,
God told him to go to Nineveh,the bigge st, most
powerful cityin the world.
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J onah was to war n all the peoplet here that God k new how wicked
they were.
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Jonah disobeyed God ! Insteadof going to Nineveh, Jonah gotonto a ship and sailed away inthe opposite directio n to a placecalled Tarshish.
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T he LORD God sent out a great wind in to the sea.T here was a huge storm! The sailors fe ared theship might break apart and sink.
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T he storm got wo rse and worse. Terrif ied, thesailors prayed to their gods and threw all the cargooverboard to ligh ten the ship. But noth ing helped.
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J onah was the onl y person on board who wasn'tpraying. Instead, he was lying down inside the ship,sound asleep.
T he ship's captain found him. “What ar e you doingsleeping? Get up! Say a prayert o your God! Maybe God will think
of us, so that we will notbe destroyed.”
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The sailors didn't want to throwJonah overboard. So they rowed
hard to bring the ship to land. Butt hey couldn't.
There was onlyone thing to do!
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After praying for forgiveness, the sailo rslifted Jonah up a nd tossed himover the side.As Jonahdisappearedbelow the waves, t hesea became still a nd the
wind died down. T he suddenchange in the wea ther scaredt he sailors more t han the
storm did. They m ust haveknown only God could dot hat. In fear and
wonder, theyworshiped the LO RD.
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Meanwhile, thedisobedientmessenger got abig surprise.Helplessly sinking in the depths of thesea, Jonah knew
nothing could savehim from drowning.He would have
drowned, too — butGod had other pl ans.
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T he LORD had prepared a big fish to sw allow upJ onah. The fish was right on time! One gulp andJ onah was out of the sea and intot he fish's belly. Jonah stayedinside the fish fo r three days.He had lots of tim e tot hink and pray.
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T hree days later, Jonah finally promise d to obeyGod. Right away, God spoke to the fish, and itvomited Jonah on to the beach.
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T he people of Nin eveh believed God's w ord. Theywent without food , and wore sackcloth t o show Godt hey were sorry f or their sins. Even th e kinghumbled himself b efore God. He got of f his throne,put on sackcloth, and sat in ashes. He c ommandedeveryone to turn f rom theirwicked ways and violence,and to pray that t heLORD would forgivet hem.
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God DID forgive them! It must have b een awonderful day of joy in Nine veh when the
people realized that God hadforgiven t hem.
… But oneperson wasvery angry.
Jonah!
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Jonah sat outsid e the city, waiting to s ee what Godwould do next. T he LORD God prepared a vine withbig leaves. It gr ew quickly, and shaded Jonah fromthe hot sun all da y.
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T he next morning, God sent a worm, which killedt he plant. Then, t he LORD prepared a h ot, strongwind that blasted Jonah until he though t he woulddie. All of this ma de Jonah even angrie r.
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T hen the LORD said to Jonah, “Have youan y right to be ang ry? You had pity on
th e vine, for which you did no workand which you did not grow. Itcame up in a night and diedin a night.
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Jo nah and the Big Fish
A story f rom God's Word, the Bible,
is found in
Jonah
"The entranc e of Your Words gives light."Psalm 119:130
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T he End
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