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Note, God has command of all the creatures and can make any of them serve his designs of mercy to his people, even the fishes of the sea, that are most from under man’s cognizance, even the great whales, that are altogether from under man’s government. But God finds work for this leviathan, has prepared him, has numbered him (so the word is), has appointed him to be Jonah’s receiver and deliverer.
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1:21 ) and the leviathan in the waters made to play therein, Ps. Particular notice is taken, in the history of creation, of God’s creating great whales ( Gen. 12:40 ), one of the largest sorts of whales, that have wider throats than others, in the belly of which has sometimes been found the dead body of a man in armor. Though he flees from the presence of the Lord, and seems to fall into his avenging hands, yet God has more work for him to do, and therefore has prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah ( v. Jonah shall be worse frightened than hurt, not so much punished for his sin as reduced to his duty. In the midst of judgment God remembers mercy. Jonah’s life, after all, is saved by a miracle, and we shall hear of him again for all this. 17), which was his reservation for further services. The miraculous preservation of his life there in the belly of a fish ( v.
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The casting of him into the sea, for the stilling of the storm ( v. The discovery of him, and his disobedience, to be the cause of the storm ( v. The pursuit and arrest of him for that disobedience by a storm, in which he was asleep ( v. Jonah’s disobedience to that command ( v. A command given to Jonah to preach at Nineveh ( v. Bible Commentary on Jonah and the Whale ( Jonah 1) God called out to Jonah and scolded him for being so concerned and worried about just a plant while God was concerned with the heart condition and lives of 120,000 people who lived in the city of Nineveh. Jonah now sat in the hot sun complaining and wanting to die. The next day, God sent a worm to eat the vine. Jonah now became angry and bitter because God did not destroy the Ninevites who were Israel's enemy! When Jonah sat to rest God provided a vine to give him shade. The people believed Jonah, turned from their wickedness, and God had mercy on them. Jonah preached to Nineveh and warned them to repent before the city is destroyed in 40 days. Then, God had the big fish throw up Jonah onto the shores of Nineveh. For three days Jonah sat in the belly of the fish. While in the belly of the big fish (whale), Jonah prayed to God for help, repented, and praised God. God sent a big fish, some call it a whale, to swallow Jonah and to save him from drowning. As soon as they tossed Jonah in the water, the storm stopped. God sent a great storm upon the ship and the men decided Jonah was to blame so they threw him overboard. Jonah tried to run away from God in the opposite direction of Nineveh and headed by boat to Tarshish. Jonah hated this idea because Nineveh was one of Israel's greatest enemies and Jonah wanted nothing to do with preaching to them! God called to Jonah one day and told him to go preach to Nineveh because the people were very wicked. You can read more in-depth Bible verses from the Scripture below and use the articles and videos to understand the meaning behind this teachable event in the Bible. This is a summary of the Biblical account of Jonah and the big fish.