So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
What does Jonah 1:6 mean?
God sent a pursuer after Jonah, even a mighty tempest. Sin brings storms and tempests into the soul, into the family, into churches and nations; it is a disquieting, disturbing thing.
Key themes
PrayerJustice and mercyMercyMission
Read with
Keep this verse inside Jonah 1:4-8 and alongside a few nearby related passages.