Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.But Yahweh sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.But Jehovah sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
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… away from the presence of the Lord. But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a mighty storm came up upon the sea that the ship threatened to break up. And then the sailors were afraid and each cried to his God. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down below to the hold of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. And so the captain came to Jonah and said to him, What are you doing? Sound asleep, get up, call on your God. Perhaps the God will spare us a thought so that we do not perish. And the sailors said to one another, Come, let us cast lots so that we may know on whose account this calamity has come upon us. And so the sailors, they cast lots, and the lots fell on poor old Jonah. And then they said to him, tell us why. …
… Verse four. but the Lord sent out a great wind on the sea and there was a mighty tempest on the sea so that the ship was about to be broken up. because of this wind and because of this storm, their ship almost got broken into pieces. Some of y'all are living life that's torn up, broke up, jacked up. You know why? Because you haven't been obedient to God. You always encounter trouble when you don't do what it is God's calling you to do. God's calling you to do something. God's calling you to be something. God's calling you to achieve some things. God's put some gifts in you and some assignments in you and some mantles on you to do certain things. And when you don't do it, you are inviting the judgment of God on your life. I know people don't like to hear that. I know they don't like that kind of preaching. But I'm trying to save you from the drama of what you might be going through. …
… also will sometimes come into your situation through an interruption. The Bible says the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea so that the ship threatened to break up. It is not the fact that there was a storm that made me bring this passage up. It was who sent it that made it noteworthy. I am used to God calming storms. I am not used to God sending them. But there was something God wanted to do in this situation that was important enough for him to send a storm to stop Jonah somewhere along the way. He thought he was going to Tarshish, but before he could get where he thought he was going to go, a storm was sent upon the sea. Now we're ready for verse 5. The Bible says, Then the mariners or the sailors were afraid. Now remember, these men don't know God, not Jonah's God. They call on many gods. They're polytheists. They have gods for everything. …