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And they will wail with the songs of the palace in that day," declares Lord Yahweh. "Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence."

People will wander from sea to seaAnd from the north even to the east;They will go to and fro to seek the word of Yahweh,But they will not find it.

As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria,Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,'And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,'They will fall and not rise again."

Though they dig into Sheol,From there will My hand take them;And though they ascend to heaven,From there will I bring them down.

And though they hide on the top of Carmel,From there I will search them out and take them;And though they conceal themselves from My eyes on the floor of the sea,From there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.

And though they go into captivity before their enemies,From there I will command the sword that it kill them,And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good."

Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel,And they will rebuild the desolated cities and live in them;They will also plant vineyards and drink their wineAnd make gardens and eat their fruit.

I will also plant them on their land,And they will not again be uprooted from their landWhich I have given them,"Says Yahweh your God.

Now do not look on your brother's day with triumph,The day of his misfortune.And do not be glad over the sons of JudahIn the day when they perish;And do not let your mouth speak great thingsIn the day of their distress.

Because just as you all drank on My holy mountain,All the nations will drink continually.They will drink and swallow,And they will be as if they never were.

Then the house of Jacob will be a fireAnd the house of Joseph a flame;But the house of Esau will be as stubble.And they will set them on fire and consume themSo that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau,"For Yahweh has spoken.

Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau,And those of the Shephelah, the Philistine plain;And they will possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria,And Benjamin will possess Gilead.

Then the sailors became fearful, and every man cried to his god, and they hurled the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down below into the innermost part of the vessel, lain down, and fallen deep asleep.

Then each man said to the other, "Come, let us have the lots fall so we may know on whose account this calamitous evil has struck us." So they had the lots fall, and the lot fell on Jonah.

Then they said to him, "Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamitous evil struck us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?"

Then the men became greatly fearful, and they said to him, "What is this you have done?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of Yahweh because he had told them.

Then they called on Yahweh and said, "Ah! O Yahweh, we earnestly pray, do not let us perish on account of this man's life, and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O Yahweh, as You have pleased You have done."

So they lifted Jonah up and hurled him into the sea, and the sea stood still from its raging.

Then the men greatly feared Yahweh, and they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh and made vows.

And the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.