,this e,book was produced by ,david ,widger from etext #aeha prepared by ,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical ,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4 ,,the ,,holy ,,bible ,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate ,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 ,greek1 and ,other ,editions in ,divers ,languages ,,the ,,old ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,douay ,a4,d4 #afji #afaj and ,,the ,,new ,,testament ,first ,published by the ,english ,college at ,rheims ,a4,d4 #aehb ,with ,annotations ,the ,whole ,revised and ,diligently ,compared with the ,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard ,challoner ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb ,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,jonas ,,jonas prophesied in the reign of ,,jereboam the second3 as we learn from #d ,kings #ad4be4 ,to whom also he foretold his success in restoring all the borders of ,israel4 ,he was of ,,geth ,,opher in the tribe of ,,zabulon1 and consequently of ,,galilee3 which confutes that assertion of the ,pharisees1 ,john #g4eb1 that no prophet ever rose out of ,,galilee4 ,he prophesied and prefigured in his own person the death and resurrection of ,,christ3 and was the only one among the prophets that was sent to preach to the ,gentiles4 ,jonas ,chapter #a ,jonas being sent to preach in ,ninive1 fleeth away by sea3 a tempest riseth3 of which he being found1 by lot1 to be the cause1 is cast into the sea1 which thereupon is calmed4 #a3a4 ,now the word of the ,lord came to ,jonas1 the son of ,amathi1 saying3 #a3b4 ,arise and go to ,ninive1 the great city1 and preach in it3 ,for the wickedness thereof is come up before me4 ,nineve444 ,the capital city of the ,assyrian empire4 #a3c4 ,and ,jonas rose up to flee into ,tharsis from the face of the ,lord1 and he went down to ,joppe1 and found a ship going to ,tharsis3 and he paid the fare thereof1 and went down into it1 to go with them to ,tharsis from the face of the ,lord1 ,tharsis444 ,which some take to be ,tharsus of ,cilicia1 others to be ,tartessus of ,spain1 others to be ,carthage4 #a3d4 ,but the ,lord sent a great wind to the sea3 and a great tempest was raised in the sea1 and the ship was in danger to be broken4 #a3e4 ,and the mariners were afraid1 and the men cried to their god3 and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship1 into the sea1 to lighten it of them3 and ,jonas went down into the inner part of the ship1 and fell into a deep sleep4 ,a deep sleep444 ,this is a lively image of the insensibility of sinners1 fleeing from ,god1 and threatened on every side with his judgments3 and yet sleeping as if they were secure4 #a3f4 ,and the ship master came to him and said to him3 ,why art thou fast asleep8 rise up call upon thy ,god1 if so be that ,god will think of us that we may not perish4 #a3g4 ,and they said every one to his fellow3 ,come and let us cast lots1 that we may know why this evil is upon us4 ,and they cast lots1 and the lot fell upon ,jonas4 #a3h4 ,and they said to him3 ,tell us for what cause this evil is upon us1 what is thy business8 of what country art thou8 and whither goest thou8 or of what people art thou8 #a3i4 ,and he said to them3 ,i am a ,hebrew1 and ,i fear the ,lord1 and the ,god of heaven1 who made both the sea and the dry land4 #a3aj4 ,and the men were greatly afraid1 and they said to him3 ,why hast thou done this8 7,for the men knew that he fled from the face of the ,lord3 because he had told them47 #a3aa4 ,and they said to him3 ,what shall we do with thee1 that the sea may be calm to us8 for the sea flowed and swelled4 #a3ab4 ,and he said to them3 take me up1 and cast me into the sea1 and the sea shall be calm to you3 for ,i know for my sake this great tempest is upon you4 #a3ac4 ,and the men rowed hard to return the land1 but they were not able3 because the sea tossed and swelled upon them4 #a3ad4 ,and they cried to the ,lord1 and said3 ,we beseech thee1 ,o ,lord let us not perish for this man's life1 and lay not upon us innocent blood3 for thou1 oh ,lord1 hast done as it pleased thee4 #a3ae4 ,and they took ,jonas1 and cast him into the sea1 and the sea ceased from raging4 #a3af4 ,and the men feared the ,lord exceedingly1 and sacrificed victims to the ,lord1 and made vows4 ,jonas ,chapter #b ,jonas is swallowed up by a great fish3 he prayeth with confidence in ,god2 and the fish casteth him out on the dry land4 #b3a4 ,now the ,lord prepared a great fish to swallow up ,jonas3 and ,jonas was in the belly of a fish for three days and three nights4 #b3b4 ,and ,jonas prayed to the ,lord1 his ,god1 out of the belly of the fish4 #b3c4 ,and he said3 ,i cried out of my affliction to the ,lord1 and he heard me3 ,i cried out of the belly of hell1 and thou hast heard my voice4 #b3d4 ,and thou hast cast me forth into the deep1 in the heart of the sea1 and a flood hast compassed me3 all thy billows1 and thy waves have passed over me4 #b3e4 ,and ,i said3 ,i am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes3 but yet ,i shall see the holy temple again4 #b3f4 ,the waters compassed me about even to the soul3 the deep hath closed me round about1 the sea hath covered my head4 #b3g4 ,i went down to the lowest parts of the mountains3 the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever3 and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption1 ,o ,lord1 my ,god4 #b3h4 ,when my soul was in distress within me1 ,i remembered the ,lord3 that my prayer may come to thee1 unto the holy temple4 #b3i4 ,they that in vain observe vanities1 forsake their own mercy4 #b3aj4 ,but ,i with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee3 ,i will pay whatsoever ,i have vowed for my salvation to the ,lord4 #b3aa4 ,and the ,lord spoke to the fish3 and it vomited out ,jonas upon the dry land4 ,spoke to the fish444 ,god's speaking to the fish1 was nothing else but his will1 which all things obey4 ,jonas ,chapter #c ,jonas is sent again to preach in ,ninive4 ,upon their fasting and repentance1 ,god recalleth the sentence by which they were to be destroyed4 #c3a4 ,and the word of the ,lord came to ,jonas the second time saying3 #c3b4 ,arise1 and go to ,ninive1 the great city3 and preach in it the preaching that ,i bid thee4 #c3c4 ,and ,jonas arose1 and went to ,ninive1 according to the word of the ,lord3 now ,ninive was a great city of three days' journey4 ,of three days' journey444 ,by the computation of some ancient historians1 ,ninive was about fifty miles round3 so that to go through all the chief streets and public places was three days' journey4 #c3d4 ,and ,jonas began to enter into the city one day's journey3 and he cried and said3 ,yet forty days and ,ninive shall be destroyed4 #c3e4 ,and the men of ,ninive believed in ,god3 and they proclaimed a fast1 and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least4 #c3f4 ,and the word came to the king of ,ninive3 and he rose up out of his throne1 and cast away his robe from him1 and was clothed in sackcloth1 and sat in ashes4 #c3g4 ,and he caused it to be proclaimed and published in ,ninive1 from the mouth of the king and of his princes1 saying3 ,let neither men nor beasts1 oxen1 nor sheep taste anything3 let them not feed1 nor drink water4 #c3h4 ,and let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth1 and cry to the ,lord with all their strength1 and let them turn every one from his evil way1 and from the iniquity that is in their hands4 #c3i4 ,who can tell if ,god will turn1 and forgive3 and will turn away from his fierce anger1 and we shall not perish8 #c3aj4 ,and ,god saw their works1 that they were turned from their evil way3 and ,god had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them1 and he did it not4 ,jonas ,chapter #d #d3a4 ,and ,jonas was exceedingly troubled1 and was angry3 ,was exceedingly troubled1 etc444 ,his concern was lest he should pass for a false prophet2 or rather1 lest ,god's word1 by this occasion1 might come to be slighted and disbelieved4 #d3b4 ,and he prayed to the ,lord1 and said3 ,i beseech thee1 ,o ,lord1 is not this what ,i said1 when ,i was yet in my own country8 therefore ,i went before to flee into ,tharsis3 for ,i know that thou art a gracious and merciful ,god1 patient1 and of much compassion1 and easy to forgive evil4 #d3c4 ,and now1 ,o ,lord1 ,i beseech thee take my life from me3 for it is better for me to die than to live4 #d3d4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry8 #d3e4 ,then ,jonas went out of the city1 and sat toward the east side of the city3 and he made himself a booth there1 and he sat under it in the shadow1 till he might see what would befall the city4 #d3f4 ,and the ,lord ,god prepared an ivy1 and it came up over the head of ,jonas1 to be a shadow over his head1 and to cover him 7for he was fatigued73 and ,jonas was exceeding glad of the ivy4 ,the ,lord ,god prepared an ivy444 ,hederam4 ,in the ,hebrew it is ,kikajon1 which some render a gourd3 others a palmerist1 or palma ,christi4 #d3g4 ,but ,god prepared a worm1 when the morning arose on the following day3 and it struck the ivy and it withered4 #d3h4 ,and when the sun was risen1 the ,lord commanded a hot and burning wind3 and the sun beat upon the head of ,jonas1 and he broiled with the heat3 and he desired for his soul that he might die1 and said3 ,it is better for me to die than to live4 #d3i4 ,and the ,lord said to ,jonas3 ,dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry1 for the ivy8 ,and he said3 ,i am angry with reason even unto death4 #d3aj4 ,and the ,lord said3 ,thou art grieved for the ivy1 for which thou hast not laboured1 nor made it to grow1 which in one night came up1 and in one night perished4 #d3aa4 ,and shall ,i not spare ,ninive1 that great city1 in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons1 that know not how to distinguish between their right hand and their left1 and many beasts8