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Illustrated bible History - Catholic Apologetics Information

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THE PIZOPEET JONAS. 159<br />

safety. But they verc not ale; for the sea swclled 2nd<br />

tossed higher than evcr. At last they took Jonas ancl cast<br />

him into the sea, and immediately t,he ~torm ceased, and the<br />

sea was calm.<br />

6. At the Ea.me moment the Ilord sent a pent fish, a nrhalc,<br />

which opened its jaws and smallowcd Jonafi, And he rcmnined<br />

thrce days ancl tl~rce nights in thc belly of the ahde,<br />

contirllially calling on God to save him, saying: "X am caat<br />

asvi%y, out of tlle sight of Thy eyes; but yet I shall sec Thy<br />

holy temple agiin." IIis prayer was hcard, and on the third<br />

day the fish thrcw Jonns out of its mouth 011 the dry lrhncl.<br />

7. And tlie Lord spoke a ~ccond time to .Tonas, and told<br />

him to go to Rinivc, the grcnl city, and preach penance. Jonns<br />

wetit ~vilhont delay, nncl entcriiig into the city he ~vnllreil<br />

a whole day throng11 its streets, calling out as ho went: " Yet<br />

forty days, and Nirlivo shall be destroyed." Tl~e people of<br />

Niliive wcre stmck with tcrrur, knowirlg how guilty thcy<br />

werc, ancl LL general fast nvsu proclaimed throughoutthe whole<br />

city, both for mar1 and beast.<br />

8. The king hirnself put on sackcloth and sat in ashes, md

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