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Jonah 1:16
“Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.”
Verse in context — Jonah 1
14
Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, don't let us die for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you.
15
So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.
16
Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.
17
Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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God’s mercy shown to Nineveh through Jonah’s reluctant mission.
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