Annotated Outline of Jonah

Jonah

1. Jonah's first commission (Jonah 1:1-2)  (1:1-17)
   1. Jonah's disobedience and judgment (Jonah 1:3-17; Mt. 12:38-42)  (1:3)
      1. Disobedience: twofold going "down" from God  (1:3)
   2. The Lord's storm  (1:4)
   100. The mariner's prayers (Ps. 107)  (1:5)
   4. Jonah requested to pray  (1:6)
   5. Casting lots: Jonah chosen  (1:7)
   6. Jonah's confession  (1:8-9)
   7. The solution for the storm  (1:10-12)
   8. Efforts to save Jonah: failure  (1:13-14)
   1. Jonah cast overboard: result  (1:15)
   10. Blessing from Jonah's sin  (1:16)
   11. God's prepared submarine  (1:17)
2. Jonah's re-consecration  (2:1-10)
   1. Jonah's prayer  (2:1-7)
   2. Sacrifice and vows  (2:8-9)
   100. Ejection of Jonah  (2:10)
3. Jonah's second commission  (3:1-10)
   1. Jonah's obedience  (3:1-4)
   2. Repentance of Nineveh: mercy  (3:5-10)
4. Jonah's correction  (4:1-11)
   1. Jonah's anger  (4:1)
   2. Jonah's complaint: answer  (4:2-4)
   100. Jonah's home-made booth  (4:5)
   4. God's goard: Jonah's gladness  (4:6)
   5. God's worm: Jonah's sorrow  (4:7-8)
   6. Jonah's lesson  (4:9-11)