Amshir 20, 1740

1Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,

2"Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you."

3So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.

4And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day's walk. Then he cried out and said, "Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!"

5So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

6Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.

7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.

8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.

9Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

10Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry.

2So he prayed to the LORD, and said, "Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.

3Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!"

4Then the LORD said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"

5So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.

6And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.

7But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.

8And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

9Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death!"

10But the LORD said, "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night.

11And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left--and much livestock?"

1Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name!

2Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:

3Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,

4Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,

5Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6The LORD executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed.

7He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.

8The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

9He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever.

10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities.

11For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;

12As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13As a father pities his children, So the LORD pities those who fear Him.

14For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

15As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

16For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting On those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children,

18To such as keep His covenant, And to those who remember His commandments to do them.

19The LORD has established His throne in heaven, And His kingdom rules over all.

20Bless the LORD, you His angels, Who excel in strength, who do His word, Heeding the voice of His word.

21Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You ministers of His, who do His pleasure.

22Bless the LORD, all His works, In all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

25At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.

26Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

27All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.

28Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."

1And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

2in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

3among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

4But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

5even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

11Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh--who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands--

12that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

14For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

15having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace,

16and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.

17And He came and preached peace to you who were afar off and to those who were near.

18For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.

19Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,

21in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

22in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

12I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.

13I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.

14I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

16For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world.

17And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.