17 And the Lord rappointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. sAnd Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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Jonah 4:6
Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.
Jonah 4:7
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
Jonah 4:8
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
Matthew 12:40
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 16:4
An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and departed.
Luke 11:30
For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
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