OUTLINE OF JONAH

I. The First Commission of Jonah............................... 1:1-2:10

A.  The Disobedience to the First Call     1:1-3

Jon 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

B.  The Judgment on Jonah Is Exacted.... 1:4-17

1.     The Great Storm    1:4-16

Jon 1:4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Jon 1:15 So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

2.     The Great Salvation of Jonah by the Fish.................. 1:17

Jon 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

C.  The Prayer of Jonah     2:1-9

Jon 2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

Jon 2:9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

D.  The Deliverance of Jonah     2:10

Jon 2:10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

II. The Second Commission of Jonah............................... 3:1-4:11

A.  The Obedience to the Second Call     3:1-4

Jon 3:3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

B.  The Judgment of Nineveh Averted .... 3:5-10

1.      The Great Fast    3:5-9

Jon 3:5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

2.      The Great Salvation of Nineveh by God................ 3:10

Jon 3:10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

C.  The Prayer of Jonah     4:1-3

Jon 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

Jon 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

D.  The Rebuke of Jonah by God     4:4-11

Jon 4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

Jon 4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

Jon 4:11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?