JONAH OUTLINE

A. Ralph Johnson

Theme: Jonah sent 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.

CHAPTERS & KEY WORDS	OUTLINE 4ch(0) Map
1: Flight	Jonah sent to warn Nineveh (1-2) Jonah flees by ship toward Tarshish in Spain (3) The storm (4) Jonah discovered (5-10) Jonah cast into the sea (11-16) Swallowed by a great fish prepared by God for three days (17)
2: Prayer	Jonah’s prayer (2:1-9) Jonah spit out (2:10)
3: Repent	Jonah again 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)