JONAH OUTLINE

--A Ralph Johnson

Theme: God sends Jonah to call for repentance of Nineveh, capitol of Assyria.

Probably around 800-780 B.C. during the reign of Joash (see 2Kings 14:25-27)

Jonah was from Israel, Son of Amittai.

CHAP	KEY WORDS	OUTLINE
1:	FLIGHT	Jonah sent to warn Nineveh but flees by ship toward Tarshish in Spain (1-3) The storm and confrontation of Jonah by the crew (4-10) Jonah cast into the sea (11-16) Swallowed for three days by a great fish prepared by God (17)
2:	PRAYER	Jonah’s prayer (2:1-9) Jonah spit out (2:10)
3:	REPENT	Jonah sent to warn Nineveh (3:1-4) Nineveh repents in sack cloth (3:5-10)
4:	ANGER	Jonah’s anger that Nineveh is spared—he sulks outside the city (1-5) The lesson of the gourd and the worm—God does not want any to perish (6-11)