Jonah 1:4

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Summary

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.

The lord

General references

Jeremiah 23:23

Bible References

The lord

So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord

swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided.

“You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them;

They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground.

They have seen the works of the Lord,
And His wonders in the deep.

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;

Who makes lightnings for the rain,
Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind
And declares to man what are His thoughts,
He who makes dawn into darkness
And treads on the high places of the earth,

The Lord God of hosts is His name.

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore.

General references

“Am I a God who is near,” declares the Lord,
“And not a God far off?