Yuēnáshū 1:14

14 Tāmen biàn qiúgào Yēhéhuá shuō , Yēhéhuá a , wǒmen kĕnqiú nǐ , búyào yīn zhè rén de xìngméng shǐ wǒmen sǐwáng , búyào shǐ liú wúgū xuè de zuì guīyǔ wǒmen . yīnwei nǐ Yēhéhuá shì suí zìjǐ de yìzhǐ xíngshì .

Yuēnáshū 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jonah 1:14

Wherefore they cried unto the Lord
Not unto their gods, but unto the true Jehovah, the God of Jonah, and of the Hebrews; whom they now, by this providence, and Jonah's discourse, had some convictions and knowledge of as the true God; and therefore direct their prayer to him, before they cast the prophet into the sea: and said, we beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee;
which repetition shows the ardent, vehemence, and earnestness of their minds in prayer: let us not perish for this man's life;
they were in the utmost perplexity of mind, not knowing well what to do; they saw they must perish by the storm, if they saved his life; and they were afraid their should perish, if they took it away; and which yet they were obliged to do; and therefore had no other way left but to pray to the Lord they might not perish for it; or it be reckoned as their crime, and imputed to them, as follows: and lay not upon us innocent blood;
for so it was to them; he had done no hurt to them since he had been with them, except in being the cause of the storm, whereby they had suffered the loss of their goods; however, had not been guilty of anything worthy of death, as they could observe; and as for his offence against God, they were not sufficient judges of, and must leave it with him: the light of nature teaches men to be tender of the lives of fellow creatures, and to avoid shedding of innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done as it pleased thee;
it appeared to them to be the wilt of God that he should be cast into the sea; from the storm that was raised on his account; from the determination of the lot; from the confession of Jonah, and his declaration of the will of God in this matter, as a prophet of his: they did not pretend to account for it; it was a secret to them why it should be; but it was no other than what he would have done; and therefore they hoped no blame would be laid on them.

Yuēnáshū 1:14 In-Context

12 Tā duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen jiāng wǒ tái qǐlai , pāo zaì hǎi zhōng , hǎi jiù píngjìng le . wǒ zhīdào nǐmen zāo zhè dà fēng , shì yīn wǒde yuángù .

13 Ránér nàxiē rén jiélì dàng jiǎng , yào bǎ chuán lǒng àn , què shì bùnéng . yīnwei hǎi làng yuèfā xiàng tāmen fānteng .

14 Tāmen biàn qiúgào Yēhéhuá shuō , Yēhéhuá a , wǒmen kĕnqiú nǐ , búyào yīn zhè rén de xìngméng shǐ wǒmen sǐwáng , búyào shǐ liú wúgū xuè de zuì guīyǔ wǒmen . yīnwei nǐ Yēhéhuá shì suí zìjǐ de yìzhǐ xíngshì .

15 Tāmen suí jiāng Yuēná tái qǐ , pāo zaì hǎi zhōng , hǎi de kuáng làng jiù píng xī le .

16 Nàxiē rén biàn dàdà jìngwèi Yēhéhuá , xiàng Yēhéhuá xiànjì , bìngqiĕ xǔyuàn .