The Bible In Paintings: ANGRY JONAH GETS DUNKED

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

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ANGRY JONAH
GETS DUNKED

J O N A H
CHAPTER 1

The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

BUT JONAH RAN AWAY FROM THE LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD.

Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.

But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish.”

Then the sailors said to each other, “Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.” They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

So they asked him, “Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

He answered, “I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.”

This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.)

The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, “What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?”

“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”

Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. Then they cried to the LORD, “O LORD, please do not let us die for taking this man’s life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O LORD, have done as you pleased.” Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him.

BUT THE LORD PROVIDED a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights.

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"Jonah Swallowed"

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FRITZ FLEER
"Jonas und der Wal"

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ARNAUD DE MOLES
"Ionas Propheta"

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SALVADOR DALÍ
"Jonah in the Sea"

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DOUGLAS RAMSEY
"Into the Deep"

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HE QI
"Jonah & the Whale"

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RUTH COLLET
"Jonah Is Thrown Overboard"

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RUTH COLLET
"Jonah inside the Belly of a Great Fish"

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ALBERT PINKHAM RYDER
"Jonah"

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PETER PAUL RUBENS
"The Sailors Reluctantly Throw the Prophet Jonah into the Sea"

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JOHN AUGUST SWANSON
"Jonah"

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MATTTHIEU VAN PLATTENBERG
"Jonah Being Thrown from the Boat to the Whale"

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ELBRIDGE KINGSLEY
"Jonah"

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HANS MOLLER
"Fishes (Jonah)"

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"Jonah in the Belly of the Whale"

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"Jonah Cast into the Sea"

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EPHRAIM MOSES LILIEN
"Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea"

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PAUL BRIL
"Jonah's Story"

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ADRIEN MANGLARD
"Jonas Falling into the Sea"

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"Jonah Swallowed by the Great Fish"

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DOMINICUS CUSTOS
"Jonah Cast into the Sea"

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ALBERTUS PICTOR
"The Prophet Jonah Is Thrown into the Sea
and Engulfed by the Great Fish"

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"Jonah and the Whale"

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CARLO ANTONIO TAVELLA
"Jonah and the Whale"

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ADAM WILLAERTS
"Jonah and the Whale"

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SHERRY HELLER
"Jonah Fleeing the Call of God
to Go to Ninevah"

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MATTHEW 12

Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you.”

He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.”

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[Hebrews 11:6]

certainly relevant today

Yes, Leon, wherever a believer resists God's call to bear witness--and God insists anyway.

[etabeta]

To convey how huge the wave is, Hokusai makes Mt. Fuji, Japan’s grandest mountain, appear as a small triangle within the cresting wave. I have been a fan of Hokusai for a long time.

[Hebrews 11:6]

So, you are not Eurocentric. Good to know that your frequent important contributions on these threads present the full story. Thank you, Alba.

[left that other site]

Yes indeed.

One of the biggest errors of Cancel Culture is that they expect authors and artists from hundreds of years ago to conform to “modern” sensibilities.

I’m sure that, when “they” get a hold of “Moby Dick” they will demand it be cancelled due to its characterizations of Dagoo, Tashtego, Queequeg, and Pip.

Hoo boy...ESPECIALLY Pip.

Even Ahab felt sorry for Pip.

[left that other site]

LOL. The name of the book is “The Prague Cemetery”.

The only think good about it is the satisfying splat when one tosses it across the room.

[BenLurkin]

Thank you again for these posts.

[NorthMountain]

#21 has a certain Japanese feel to it. The edge of the wave also looks like a very roughly drawn Mandelbrot Set ...

[Hebrews 11:6]

"Woe to him whom this world charms from Gospel duty!"

[Hebrews 11:6]

So glad they appeal to you, Ben.

[Allegra]

Good morning!

#25 really captures the gravity of the situation.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I don’t know what the marine equivalent is to “the rubber meets the road,” but I agree that #25 captures it well, Allegra.

[Hebrews 11:6]

And what should we do if we are swallowed?

Come back tomorrow for the answer.

[spankalib]

I'm not sure why, but #17 by Hans Moller makes me grin...even though it's not my usual preferred style-preference. It is imaginative & creative!

Today is my birthday! The big 7 oh! I remembered driving my youngest son to middle school & listening to this quirkily apropos song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRxLhwUsvVk

Enjoy!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Tomorrow, we’ll have LOTS of images showing the swallowed prophet.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN! As a 73 myself, I fully appreciate your moment.

That song is unique!