יונה
Jonah
Four chapters, read every Yom Kippur: a prophet who runs, and a city that does not need much persuading.
The opening
וַֽיְהִי דְּבַר־יְהוָה אֶל־יוֹנָה בֶן־אֲמִתַּי לֵאמֹֽר׃
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying:
קוּם לֵךְ אֶל־נִֽינְוֵה הָעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה וּקְרָא עָלֶיהָ כִּֽי־עָלְתָה רָעָתָם לְפָנָֽי׃
’Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it; for their wickedness is come up before Me.’
Translation
- The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)The Jewish Publication Society of AmericaThe 1917 Jewish Publication Society translation. Public domain, and in the English of its time.Public Domain
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