Literary and historical context · Prophecy
World, setting, and sequence
Keep places, audiences, sequence, and historical claims clearly labeled.
Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.
A clear route through the whole book
The units preserve the book’s order. Read the surrounding passage whenever a unit crosses a chapter boundary, and do not let a memorable verse replace the argument or story around it.
- Jonah 1:1–3Jonah moving toward the ship at Joppa to flee in the opposite direction from Nineveh
- Jonah 1:4–16Sailors struggling in the storm, casting lots, questioning Jonah, and reluctantly throwing him overboard
- Jonah 1:17–2:10Jonah praying from within the great fish and being delivered onto dry land
- Jonah 3:1–4Jonah entering the immense city and announcing the coming judgment
- Jonah 3:5–10Nineveh’s people, leaders, and households responding with fasting and repentance
- Jonah 4:1–5Jonah angry outside the city, building a shelter and waiting to see what will happen
- Jonah 4:6–11The plant giving shade, then withering as Jonah is confronted about compassion for the city