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What amazes me about this story, every time I read it or hear it preached, is that Jonah actually thought he could hide from God; that he could go someplace where the eyes of God would not find him.

The principal character in this small prophecy is Jonah, son of Amittai. We read of him in 2 Kings 14:25, in which the additional information is given that he was from Gath-hepher, in the ...

Welcome to the story about a loner called Jonah. He’ll be shown and he’ll be known as a bit of a moaner. But it’s not just a ditty about a desperate God escaper, ...

In the story, God orders Jonah to tell the people of Nineveh, who became very mean to one another, to correct their relationships with one another if they want to survive.