Then they said to him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us. What is thine occupation? And from where do thou come? What is thy country, and of what people are thou?

Then they said to him, What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.

Therefore they cried to LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood. For thou, O LORD, have done as it pleased thee.

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered LORD. And my prayer came in to thee, into thy holy temple.

But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of LORD.

Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid thee.

And he prayed to LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that thou are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundan

Therefore now, O LORD, I beseech thee, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.