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The Book of Jonah may be one of the most intriguing books in the Old Testament. At face value, it seems like a simple miraculous story about God’s call of a prophet to go and preach to a city of wickedness and the leaders and population of the city of Nineveh repent and are saved from destruction. But is that all it is?
Jonah 1:3 translates ׁשיִׁשְרַּת as “[he arose to flee] to the sea”; (2) Jerome’s commentary on Isa 2:16 states that Hebrew scholars in his age defined ׁשיִׁשְרַּת as “sea”; and (3) the gem called II ׁשיִׁשְרַּת, “topaz” (BDB 1076 s.v.; HALOT 1798 s.v.) in Exod 28:20 and 39:13 is ren-
A slow unhurried reading of Jonah is essential. Reading the chapter before looking at the notes, while working with the notes, and after finishing with the notes will give each researcher a powerful sense of the series of meanings within each chapter.
God’s grace and mercy is on full display in the book of Jonah. Within this book, God shows grace and mercy upon the pagan Ninevites, the pagan sailors, and the rebellious prophet Jonah.
Jonah’s preaching is recorded in only eight words. (Jon. 3:4). He was a pre-exilic prophet of the northern kingdom who worked during the days of Jeroboam II. The book of Jonah reveals that Jonah hated the Ninevites and wanted them destroyed - not saved.
Jonah was a prophet to Israel in the 8th Century B.C. who was given a commission to evangelize Israel's most despicable enemy—Assyria. In Jonah’s day, the Assyrian Empire (whose capital was Nineveh) had the largest army, the greatest warriors, and a vicious, bloodthirsty reputation.
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The book of Jonah has all the marks of a prophetic narrative, like those about Elijah and Elisha found in 1 Kings, which set out to report actual historical events.
Jonah is the only recorded OT prophet whom God sent to a Gentile nation with a call to repentance. Jonah has the undistinguished award of being the only recorded prophet who ran from God’s call. PURPOSE: To display the sovereign saving power of YHWH who pursues all sorts of rebels with surprising mercy.
Jonah 1. Jonah Flees from the LORD. (Nahum 1:1–15) 1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.” 3 Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.