Jonah 1:15
King James Version
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah 1:15 in context
13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
14Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man’s life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
15So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
17Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
The Book of Jonah — summary, themes & key verses
Mercy for enemies — a reluctant prophet and a God whose compassion knows no borders.
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