OUTLINE OF CONTENTS

1

• Jonah tries to run away from Jehovah (1-3)

• Jehovah causes a violent storm (4-6)

• Jonah is cause of the trouble (7-13)

• Jonah cast into the stormy sea (14-16)

• A huge fish swallows Jonah (17)

2

• Jonah’s prayer from inside the fish (1-9)

• Jonah vomited out onto land (10)

3

• Jonah obeys God and goes to Nineveh (1-4)

• Ninevites repent at Jonah’s message (5-9)

• God decides not to destroy Nineveh (10)

4

• Jonah angry and wants to die (1-3)

• Jehovah teaches Jonah mercy (4-11)

  • “Is it right for you to be so angry?” (4)

  • A bottle-gourd as an object lesson (6-10)