Olney Hymns · Character
Jonah
The reluctant prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and preached to Nineveh.
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Also known as Newton Jonah
First appearance: book i on select texts of scripture
Jonah shows up with force in Jehovah-Jireh—The Lord Will Provide. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Jonah, sinking in the sea, is rescued by a fish prepared by God.
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In Jehovah-Jireh—The Lord Will Provide: Jonah, sinking in the sea, is rescued by a fish prepared by God. Later, in The Gourd: Referenced as the biblical figure whose experience with the gourd parallels the speaker's…
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- Other
Character groups
- Divine Judgment and Mercy
- Faith and Redemption Figures
- Patriarchs and Grace
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional peak occurs in stanza V, where the speaker’s hope is violently extinguished as Satan obscures ev…
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See Jonah in book i on select texts of scripture