pleaseth thee.

And they took Jonah, and cast him into the sea. And the sea was still from his raging.

And the people greatly feared the LORD, and offered sacrifices and vows unto the LORD.
Ch. 2, v. 1: But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the body of the fish three days and three nights.
(Jonah)
Chapter 2
Jonah’s prayer for deliverance.

And Jonah prayed moreover unto the LORD his God in the body of the fish.

And said: I cried unto the LORD in my anguish, and he answered me; I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou heardest my voice.

Thou castest me into the deep in the midst of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy waves and thy billows went over me,

That I thought to be cast out of thine eyes, that I should see thy holy temple no more.

Waters compassed me about unto my life; the deep compassed me about; reeds covered my head.

I sank down to the bottom of the mountains: the earth had shut me up for ever. But thou hast brought my life out of destruction, O LORD my God!

When my soul was troubled with me, I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came unto thee into thy holy temple.

They that hold above vanity forsake their grace.

But I will offer with thanksgiving; I will pay my vows unto the LORD, because he hath helped me.

And the LORD spake unto the fish, and the fish spued out Jonah unto the land.
(Jonah)
Chapter 3
Jonah’s fruitful sermon on repentance.

And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying: 2. Arise, go into the great city of Nineveh, and preach unto it the sermon which I say unto thee.

Then arose Jonah, and went to Nineveh, as the LORD had said. And Nineveh was a great city of God, three days’ journey.

And when Jonah began to go in a day’s journey into the city, he preached, saying, There are yet forty days, and Nineveh shall fall.

Then the people of Nineveh believed in GOD, and preached fasting, and put on sackcloth, both great and small.

And when this came before the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, and put off his purple, and put sackcloth about him, and sat down in ashes.

And he cried out and said unto Nineveh by the commandment of the king and of his mighty men, There shall no man nor beast, neither ox nor sheep, be tasted; neither shall they feed, nor drink water;

And they shall cover themselves with sackcloth, both man and beast, and cry fiercely unto God; and they shall turn every man from his wicked way, and from the iniquity of his hands.

Who knoweth that God will turn and repent, and turn from his fierce anger, that we perish not.

And when God saw their works, and they turned from their wicked ways, he repented him of the evil which he had spoken to do unto them, and did it not.
(Jonah)
Chapter 4
Jonah’s impatience and resentment.

This grieved Jonah almost exceedingly, and he was wroth.

And he prayed unto the LORD, saying, O LORD, this is the thing that I said, while I was yet in my own country: therefore would I have preferred to flee to the sea: for I know that thou art gracious, and merciful, and longsuffering, and of great kindness, and hast repented of evil.

Take now therefore, O LORD, my soul from me: for I would rather be dead than live.

And the LORD said, Thinkest thou that thou art justly wroth?

And Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and made himself a tent there; and there he sat down in the shadow, until he should see what should befall the city.

And God the LORD provided a gourd, which grew upon Jonah, to give shadow upon his head, and to deliver him out of his evil. And Jonah rejoiced greatly over the gourd.

But the LORD provided a worm in the morning, when the dawn was breaking; and it stung the gourd, and it withered.

And it came to pass, when the sun was risen, that God brought a scorching east wind, and the sun stung Jonah upon his head, and he was faint. Then he wished his soul dead, saying, “I would rather be dead than live!

And God said unto Jonah, Thinkest thou that thou art justly wroth because of the gourd? And he said, I am justly wroth even unto death.

And the LORD said, Thou art sorry for the gourd, because thou hast not wrought for it, neither hast thou reared it, which was born in one night, and perished in one night, 11. And I should not lament in Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than an hundred and twenty thousand men, which know not the difference between right and left, and many beasts also?
Text of the unrevised Luther Bible 1545:
DeepL English Translation
[Processed by BackToLuther. German text published here.]
The Prophet Micah (Micah) ^
Chapter 1
Devastation of Judah and Samaria for the sake of idolatry.

This is the word of the LORD, which came unto Micaiah from Mareshah in the days of Jotham, Aliah, Jehizkiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria, and Jerusalem.

Hearken, all ye peoples, take heed, land, and all that is within! For God the LORD hath spoken unto you, even the LORD out of his holy temple!

For, behold, the LORD shall go forth out of his place, and shall come down, and tread upon the high places of the land,

And the mountains shall melt under him, and the valleys shall be rent, as wax melts before the fire, as the waters that flow beneath.

All this for the transgression of Jacob, and for the sin of the house of Israel. But what is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what are the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?

And I will make Samaria a heap of stones in the field, which shall be laid round about the vineyards; and I will drag their stones into the valley, and break them down.

All their idols shall be broken, and all their whoredoms shall be burned with fire, and I will destroy all their images: for they are gathered of whoredoms, and shall be whoredoms again.

I shall mourn and howl over this; I shall go about bereft and naked; I shall mourn like the
dragons, and grieve like the ostriches.

For there is no counsel in their plague, which shall come unto Judah, and shall reach unto the gates of my people unto Jerusalem.

Proclaim it not to Gath, neither let yourselves be heard to weep, but go into the mourning chamber, and sit down in the ashes.

Thou beautiful city shalt go with all shame. The inhabitant of Zaenan will not go out for the sake of the suffering of the next house. He will take it from you when he camps there.

The city that is afflicted cannot be comforted: for calamity shall come from the LORD, even unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Thou city of Lachish, harness the runners, and depart: for thou art the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion, and in thee are found the transgressions of Israel.

Thou shalt give captives as well as Gath. The city of Achsib shall be lacking with the kings of Israel.

I will bring thee Mareshah the right heir: and the glory of Israel shall come unto Adullam.

Shave off thy hair, and go bald over thy tender children. Make thee as bald as an eagle: for they are led away captive from thee.
(Micah)
Chapter 2
The people’s sin against the second tablet and threatened punishments.

Woe unto them that seek to do harm, and deal wickedly in their camp, that they may accomplish it early in the daylight, because they have power!

They pluck up the ground, and take the houses which they desire. So they do violence to every man’s house, and to every man’s inheritance.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I remember evil against this generation, out of which ye shall not draw your necks, neither shall ye walk proudly: for it shall be an evil time.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall be a saying of you, It is finished, they shall say, We are forsaken. My people’s land is given to a foreign lord. When shall he restore unto us the fields which he hath taken from us?

Yea, ye shall have no part in the congregation of the LORD.

They say, Let no man cry: for such crying doth not befall us; we shall not be so put to shame.

The house of Jacob therefore comforteth themselves, saying, Thinkest thou that the spirit of the LORD is shortened? Will he do this? It is true, my words are good to the upright.

But my people are risen up as an enemy: for they spoil both the garment and the tunic of them that pass safely by, as well as of them that come out of war.

Ye drive the wives of my people out of their good houses, and always take my jewels from their young children.

Arise therefore; ye must depart; ye shall not abide here. For their uncleanness they must be rudely destroyed.

If I were a false spirit, and a preacher of lies, and preached how they should drink and revel, that would be a preacher unto this people.

And I will gather thee, O Jacob, altogether, and will gather the remnant of Israel together; and I will put them together as a flock into a strong stall, and as a herd into their folds; and the sound of men shall be heard.

And there shall