# Jonah — Olney Hymns character guide

> Jonah in Olney Hymns by John Newton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Newton Jonah

**First appearance:** 0002-book-i-on-select-texts-of-scripture

## Who they are

The reluctant prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and preached to Nineveh.

## In the story

### [Jehovah-Jireh—The Lord Will Provide](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/6-jehovah-jireh-the-lord-will-provide)

Jonah, sinking in the sea, is rescued by a fish prepared by God.

### [The Gourd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/olney_hymns_se/chapters/75-the-gourd)

Referenced as the biblical figure whose experience with the gourd parallels the speaker's own.

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