Jonah Is Cast into the Sea

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They asked him, "What should we do to you, so that the sea will be calm for us?" - for the sea was getting rougher all the time.

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"Pick me up," he told them, "and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; because I know it's my fault that this terrible storm has come over you."

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Nevertheless, the men rowed hard, trying to reach the shore. But they couldn't, because the sea kept growing wilder against them.

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Finally they cried to ADONAI, "Please, ADONAI, please! Don't let us perish for causing the death of this man, and don't hold us to account for shedding innocent blood; because you, ADONAI, have done what you saw fit."

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Then they picked up Yonah and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

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Seized with great fear of ADONAI, they offered a sacrifice to ADONAI and made vows.

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