Outline of Jonah: Mercy for people the prophet resents
The LORD saves a fleeing prophet, spares repentant Nineveh and exposes Jonah's resistance to mercy for others.
Part 1 · The fleeing prophet receives mercy 1–2
The LORD rules sea and fish to discipline and rescue Jonah.
- 1Jonah 1: The fleeing prophet meets the LORD at sea
Jonah cannot escape the LORD, who rules the storm and leads pagan sailors to fear Him.
The prophet flees 1:1–3 · The LORD sends the storm 1:4–6 · The cause disclosed 1:7–10 · The sailors fear the LORD 1:11–16 · The appointed fish 1:17
- 2Jonah 2: Salvation is from the LORD
Jonah gives thanks for rescue from death, and the LORD returns him to dry land.
A prayer from distress 2:1–2 · Descent and rescue 2:3–7 · Thanksgiving and vows 2:8–9 · Released onto dry land 2:10
Part 2 · The spared city exposes the prophet 3–4
Nineveh repents, but Jonah resents the compassion from which he himself has benefited.
- 3Jonah 3: Nineveh turns from violence and is spared
The LORD renews Jonah's commission, and Nineveh's response to His warning is met with mercy.
The commission obeyed 3:1–4 · The city humbles itself 3:5–9 · The threatened disaster withheld 3:10
- 4Jonah 4: Should the LORD not care for Nineveh?
The LORD exposes Jonah's selfish anger and teaches the fittingness of compassion for the city and its creatures.
Angry at compassion 4:1–4 · Shade given and removed 4:5–8 · The unanswered question 4:9–11
Plus What TheoMaps holds for the outline of Jonah
- The 15 section notes, one for every section of Jonah
- How each of its 2 parts leads into the next, in its own words
- The shape of Jonah: 2 repeated words and phrases
TheoMaps Plus opens the Outline of every book the way Genesis is open, on the map.