the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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THE MESSAGE
Jonah 1:16
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The men were seized by great fear of the Lord, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
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Then the men became extremely afraid of the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.
Then they began to fear the Lord very much; they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made promises to him.
Then the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.
Then the men feared the Lorde exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lorde, and made vowes.
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.
Then the men greatly feared Yahweh, and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.
Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to Him.
The sailors were so terrified that they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made all kinds of promises.
Seized with great fear of Adonai , they offered a sacrifice to Adonai and made vows.
And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
When the men saw this, they began to fear and respect the Lord . They offered a sacrifice and made special promises to the Lord .
And the men were greatly terrified from the presence of the LORD, and they offered sacrifices of righteousness to the LORD and made vows.
This made the sailors so afraid of the Lord that they offered a sacrifice and promised to serve him.
So the men feared Yahweh greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.
Then the men feared Jehovah with a great fear and offered a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vowed vows.
Then the men feared Jehovah exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.
Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
And the men feared the Lorde exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lorde, and made vowes.
And the men feared the Lord very greatly, and offered a sacrifice to the Lord, and vowed vows.
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Then the men feared Yahweh exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and made vows.
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Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows.
The men feared the Lord greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord.
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD and took vows.
The sailors were awestruck by the Lord 's great power, and they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.
Then the men feared the Lord very much. They gave a gift in worship to the Lord and made promises to Him.
Then the men feared the Lord even more, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
Then did the men revere Yahweh with a great reverence, - and offered sacrifice to Yahweh, and vowed vows.
And the men feared the Lord exceedingly, and sacrificed victims to the Lord, and made vows.
Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.
and the men fear Jehovah -- a great fear, and sacrifice a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vow vows.
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Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
feared: Jonah 1:10, Isaiah 26:9, Daniel 4:34-37, Daniel 6:26, Mark 4:31, Acts 5:11
offered: etc. Heb. sacrificed a sacrifice unto the Lord, and vowed vows, Genesis 8:20, Judges 13:16, 2 Kings 5:17, Psalms 107:22, Isaiah 60:5-7
made: Genesis 28:20, Psalms 50:14, Psalms 66:13-16, Psalms 116:14, Ecclesiastes 5:4
Reciprocal: Leviticus 22:18 - vows Deuteronomy 23:21 - General 2 Chronicles 20:3 - feared Psalms 107:31 - Oh that men Isaiah 19:21 - shall vow Jonah 1:5 - cried Jonah 1:14 - they Mark 4:41 - feared Acts 28:11 - whose Romans 10:14 - shall they Romans 11:17 - and with
Cross-References
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.
God spoke: "Lights! Come out! Shine in Heaven's sky! Separate Day from Night. Mark seasons and days and years, Lights in Heaven's sky to give light to Earth." And there it was.
I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?
That's how God's Word vaults across the skies from sunrise to sunset, Melting ice, scorching deserts, warming hearts to faith.
"Following those hard times, Sun will fade out, moon cloud over, Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble.
From noon to three, the whole earth was dark. Around midafternoon Jesus groaned out of the depths, crying loudly, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
Everything New I saw Heaven and earth new-created. Gone the first Heaven, gone the first earth, gone the sea. I saw Holy Jerusalem, new-created, descending resplendent out of Heaven, as ready for God as a bride for her husband. I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with men and women! They're his people, he's their God. He'll wipe every tear from their eyes. Death is gone for good—tears gone, crying gone, pain gone—all the first order of things gone." The Enthroned continued, "Look! I'm making everything new. Write it all down—each word dependable and accurate." Then he said, "It's happened. I'm A to Z. I'm the Beginning, I'm the Conclusion. From Water-of-Life Well I give freely to the thirsty. Conquerors inherit all this. I'll be God to them, they'll be sons and daughters to me. But for the rest—the feckless and faithless, degenerates and murderers, sex peddlers and sorcerers, idolaters and all liars—for them it's Lake Fire and Brimstone. Second death!" One of the Seven Angels who had carried the bowls filled with the seven final disasters spoke to me: "Come here. I'll show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb." He took me away in the Spirit to an enormous, high mountain and showed me Holy Jerusalem descending out of Heaven from God, resplendent in the bright glory of God. The City shimmered like a precious gem, light-filled, pulsing light. She had a wall majestic and high with twelve gates. At each gate stood an Angel, and on the gates were inscribed the names of the Twelve Tribes of the sons of Israel: three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, three gates on the west. The wall was set on twelve foundations, the names of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb inscribed on them. The Angel speaking with me had a gold measuring stick to measure the City, its gates, and its wall. The City was laid out in a perfect square. He measured the City with the measuring stick: twelve thousand stadia, its length, width, and height all equal. Using the standard measure, the Angel measured the thickness of its wall: 144 cubits. The wall was jasper, the color of Glory, and the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. The foundations of the City walls were garnished with every precious gem imaginable: the first foundation jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate a single pearl. The main street of the City was pure gold, translucent as glass. But there was no sign of a Temple, for the Lord God—the Sovereign-Strong—and the Lamb are the Temple. The City doesn't need sun or moon for light. God's Glory is its light, the Lamb its lamp! The nations will walk in its light and earth's kings bring in their splendor. Its gates will never be shut by day, and there won't be any night. They'll bring the glory and honor of the nations into the City. Nothing dirty or defiled will get into the City, and no one who defiles or deceives. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's Book of Life will get in.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the men feared the Lord exceedingly,.... This was not a natural fear, as before, but a religious one; and not a servile fear, or a fear of punishment, but a reverential godly fear; for they feared him, not only because they saw his power in raising and stilling the tempest, but his goodness to them in saving them:
and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord; a spiritual sacrifice; the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving for a safe deliverance from the storm; for other sort of sacrifice they seemed not to have materials for; since they had thrown overboard what they had in the ship to lighten it, unless there might be anything left fit for this purpose; but rather, if it is to be understood of a ceremonial sacrifice, it was offered when they went out of the ship, according to the gloss of Aben Ezra; or they solemnly declared they would, as soon as they came to land; to which sense is the Targum,
"and they said, they would offer a sacrifice:''
and agreeably to this the words may be rendered, with what follows, thus, "and offered a sacrifice unto the Lord", that is,
and made vows; they vowed that they would offer a sacrifice n when arrived in their own country, or should return to Judea, and come to Jerusalem. So the Hebrew ו, "vau", is often used o, as exegetical and explanative; though many interpreters understand the vows as distinct from the sacrifice; and that they vowed that the God of the Hebrews should be their God, and that they would for the future serve and worship him only; that they would become proselytes, as Jarchi; or give alms to the poor, as Kimchi; as an evidence of their sense of gratitude to God, the author of their mercies. If these men were truly converted, as it seems as if they were, they were great gainers by this providence; for though they lost their worldly goods, they found what was infinitely better, God to be their God and portion, and all spiritual good thing a with him; and it may be observed of the wise and wonderful providence of God, that though Jonah refused to go and preach to the Gentiles at Nineveh, for which he was corrected; yet God made this dispensation a means of converting other Gentiles.
n So Drusius. o Vid. Nold. Ebr. Part. Concord. p. 280.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And the men feared the Lord with a great fear - because, from the tranquility of the sea and the ceasing of the tempest, they saw that the prophet’s words were true. This great miracle completed the conversion of the mariners. God had removed all human cause of fear; and yet, in the same words as before, he says, “they feared a great fear;” but he adds, “the Lord.” It was the great fear, with which even the disciples of Jesus feared, when they saw the miracles which He did, which made even Peter say, Luke 5:8. “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” Events full of wonder had thronged upon them; things beyond nature, and contrary to nature; tidings which betokened His presence, Who had all things in His hands. They had seen “wind and storm fulfilling His word” Psalms 148:8, and, forerunners of the fishermen of Galilee, knowing full well from their own experience that this was above nature, they felt a great awe of God. So He commanded His people, “Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God Deuteronomy 6:13, for thy good always” Deuteronomy 6:24.
And offered a sacrifice - Doubtless, as it was a large decked vessel and bound on a long voyage, they had live creatures on board, which they could offer in sacrifice. But this was not enough for their thankfulness; “they vowed vows.” They promised that they would do thereafter what they could not do then ; “that they would never depart from Him whom they had begun to worship.” This was true love, not to be content with aught which they could do, but to stretch forward in thought to an abiding and enlarged obedience, as God should enable them. And so they were doubtless enrolled among the people of God, firstfruits from among the pagan, won to God Who overrules all things, through the disobedience and repentance of His prophet. Perhaps, they were the first preachers among the pagan, and their account of their own wonderful deliverance prepared the way for Jonah’s mission to Nineveh.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jonah 1:16. Offered a sacrifice — The first perhaps ever offered on board a vessel since the ark floated on the waters of the great deluge; and it is most probable that these heathens, witnessing what was done, became sincere converts to the true God.
