2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.

He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew<cr>1</cr> that you are a gracious<cr>2</cr> and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,<cr>3</cr> a God who relents<cr>4</cr> from sending calamity.<cr>5</cr>

Jonah 4:2

 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew   that you are a gracious   and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,   a God who relents   from sending calamity.  

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 He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.

Jonah 4:2 NIV

Jonah 4:2 NIV

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