And the ship's captain came to him and said to him, What are you doing sleeping? Up! say a prayer to your God, if by chance God will give a thought to us, so that we may not come to destruction.

And he said to them, Take me up and put me into the sea, and the sea will become calm for you: for I am certain that because of me this great storm has come on you.

But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.

Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?