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4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

Jonah 1:4

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 4-10)

When Jonah was set on ship-board, and under sail for Tarshish, he thought himself safe enough; but here we find him pursued and overtaken, discovered and convicted as a deserter from God, as one that had run his colours . I. God sends a pursuer after him, a mighty tempest in the sea , Jonah 1:4. God has the winds in his treasure (Ps. 135:7), and out of these treasures God sent forth , he cast fort...

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