Jonah: Bible Study and Commentary

God’s love for the evil people in Nineveh

A Bible Study in EasyEnglish (2800 word vocabulary) on the Book of Jonah

Keith Simons

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  Jonah chapter 1

• 1:1 - About the prophet Jonah
• 1:2 - God's judgment against Nineveh
• 1:3 - Jonah tries to sail to Tarshish
• 1:4 - A terrible storm
• 1:5 - Jonah sleeps during the storm
• 1:6 - The boat's captain urges Jonah to pray
• 1:7 - The lots select Jonah
• 1:8 - The sailors ask Jonah questions
• 1:9 - Nobody can escape from the true God
• 1:10 - What was Jonah's crime?
• 1:11 - The sailors do not know what they should do to Jonah
• 1:12 - Jonah tells the men to throw him into the sea
• 1:13 - The sailors try to save Jonah
• 1:14 - The sailors' strange prayer
• 1:15 - When the sailors throw Jonah into the sea, it becomes calm
• 1:16 - The sailors promise to serve only the true God
• 1:17 - A great fish swallows Jonah

  Jonah chapter 2

• 2:1 - Jonah's prayer from inside the fish
• 2:2 - Hope and faith in Jonah's prayer
• 2:3 - Troubles like waves
• 2:4 - Jonah turns his attention to God and his temple
• 2:5 - Jonah's body is close to death
• 2:6 - God rescues Jonah from death
• 2:7 - Jonah's prayer rose up to God in heaven
• 2:8 - The person who trusts in false gods cannot know God's grace
• 2:9 - Salvation is from God alone
• 2:10 - God commands the fish to return Jonah to the land

  Jonah chapter 3

• 3:1 - Jonah waits for God to direct him
• 3:2 - God's second message to send Jonah to Nineveh
• 3:3 - How Nineveh developed into a great but wicked city
• 3:4 - 40 days until God will destroy Nineveh
• 3:5 - Nineveh's people believe God's message
• 3:6 - The humble behaviour of the king of Nineveh
• 3:7 - The king's special command
• 3:8 - People and animals cry out to God
• 3:9 - The king and people pray for God to forgive them
• 3:10 - God forgives Nineveh's people

  Jonah chapter 4

• 4:1 - The reason for Jonah's anger
• 4:2 - Jonah complains about God's perfect character
• 4:3 - Jonah feels as if God does not care about right judgment
• 4:4 - Is it right to be fiercely angry?
• 4:5 - Jonah waits to see if God will punish Nineveh's people
• 4:6 - A plant with large leaves brings comfort to Jonah
• 4:7 - God allows a worm to kill Jonah's plant
• 4:8 - Jonah again becomes weak and angry
• 4:9 - Was Jonah right to be angry about the plant?
• 4:10 - Jonah's love for the plant is like God's love for guilty people
• 4:11 - God's great love for all people