Prayer Of Jonah Research Paper

Was it really a prayer? In our Navi class, we are learning about Jonah and why he ran away from God’s command. First Jonah was commanded by God to go to Nineveh, instead of going to Nineveh, he went to Yaffo and got on a boat to Tarshish. By making a bad mistake, Jonah made the sailors pay for his consequence with a big storm. When the sailors asked Jonah who he was he said, “I’m a Hebrew I fear the Lord, God of Heavens, and the creator of the land and the sea.” When he was thrown into the sea, God sends a big fish comes and swallowed Jonah. After staying in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights, Jonah prayed to God and thanks, Him. Jonah’s “prayer” was not really a prayer; It was a thing you have to do when you have no other choice like having to say sorry when you are backed into a corner. Although Jonah thanked God it seems like he …show more content…
Everyone has done it some point in their life. Once, I got in a fight with my sister and I had to apologize in order to watch tv, but I was stubborn enough not to listen, so it got into a bigger deal. After giving a late nonchalant apology everyone came to tranquility. For not apologizing fast enough I got grounded for a week with no tv and computer. The only reason I apologized because I was not able to fight back and my mom forced me to. Jonah’s story is similar to mine because we apologized late and we could not find a loophole. In Sefer Yonah, Jonah gave a false apology and blamed God for what he did. Even though he said God was great and anyone who didn’t believe in Him was wrong, but he also said that You cast me into the depths. The only reason Jonah apologized and prayed to God because had no way out, no loophole. Like Jonah, I had to apologize when I had no way around the trouble I caused. There are times when you get in trouble, but don’t be like Jonah and give a false statement to make another feel