3Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.. Through Jonah, the Ninevites received salvation. Do you have any idea how your behavior, your sins, are affecting the rest of us? I just knew it. Jonah is now beginning to come to his senses, In effect, Jonah says to them, Kill me. Make a deal with God and He will keep it. May God have mercy on your soul. Even in the sad situation in which we can do little but prevent people from ever harming others, we ought to appreciate their need for Gods mercy as well as our own. Rather than heed this call, Jonah flees in the opposite direction on a ship to Tarshish, across the Mediterranean Sea (in ancient terms, this is basically the other side of the world). 1 And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. Summary- God appointed a worm to kill the plant that Jonah delighted in. However, God has declared, vengeance is mine; I will repay (Romans 12.19; 1 Corinthians 4.5). 9The message was certainly longer, but this was the central message. This will be the Day of the Lord, first revealed in Psalm 2 and expanded upon in detail by the prophets. wrote Ninevehwas about sixty miles in circumference and twenty miles across. One of the greatest prophets during the time of Jeroboam II was Jonah the son of Amitai, who, as a prophet disciple, had anointed Jehu and who, therefore, enjoyed the king's benevolence. if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. Many people today talk about victimless sins,. So easily they remain locked in self-deception and rationalizations, ignoring the damage they are inflicting upon others. II. God pursues each of us to restore our broken relationship with Him (Genesis 3.8-10). In that event, Jesus had slept through the storm. You cared about the plant, which you did not work for and which you did not grow. God asked why Jonah had so much more . I just re-read this article Monday. Jonahs problem was he could not see beyond his hatred of the Assyrians and his patriotism. Some things must ultimately be left to God. They tried to turn the ship to land but the storm only worsened. Nineveh was probably the greatest city in the world in Jonahs day. The Bible has no shortage of characters who heed divine calls. The challenge for believers is to rejoice in Gods salvation and His goodness. This would mean the metroplex was about 60 miles in diameter (comparable to modern Dallas-Ft. Worth). I tend to think that the heart of the earth may have a broader meaning. 1 But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. AEschylus, 'Electr.,' 1354; 'Theb.,' 598; Horat., 'Carm.,' 3:2, 26, etc.) And should not I care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons?!. What is certain at this point is that Jonah is in need of more repentance himself. Literal vs. Figurative Interpretation of City Size. This is what every sinner, whether outside the Church or inside, needs to hear: wake up and look at what youre doing; see how youre affecting yourself and all of us. God does the unexpected. The book of Jonah opens like other prophetic books of the Bible, with the formulaic The word of the Lord came to Jonah. Just as once upon a time signals a fairy tale, this biblical formula signals a book of prophecy. The last thing Jonah thought God would do was send him to the Assyrians (Jonah 1.1-2). They needed to be destroyed! They were threats! we are also members of the Body, members of the community, whether we want to admit it or not. 2 Chronicles 36.23; Ezra 7.21; Nehemiah 2.20; Daniel 2.18-19, 37, 44). 7 Then the crew cast lots to see which of them had offended the gods and caused the terrible storm. Note that Jonahs defiance also endangers others. Site by Glass Canvas, Whither shall I go from thy spirit? 8Then they said to him, Tell us, now! The Book of Jonah is read in synagogue on the afternoon of Yom Kippur. Nineveh survived for another 150 years after it heeded Jonahs message. - with those thoughts in mind, let me invite you to turn to the closing verses in the book of Jonah. Jonah is a dangerand a cause of grief to others around him. Something was not right. If you wont do it for your own sake, then do it for oursbut call on the Lord! How much of our trouble comes from our sin? 1 Now the word of the LORDcame to Jonah the second time, saying, 2Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you (Jonah 3.1-2). Struck with great fear of the LORD, the men offered sacrifice and made vows to him. Want to get to know more amazing, complicated, and relatable biblical personalities? Scripture indicates that these people were really dead, and came back to life, though, unlike Christ, all of them faced physical death again in the future. The great majority of it. Its a pretty bad day for a prophet when those whom he is supposed to address, must turn and call, First there comes the pointed question, What are you doing asleep?. The Scriptures state Jesus was in the earth 3 days and 3 nights. Jonah will go finally to Nineveh and there proclaim a message that will be heeded by those who are so lost in sin that they do not know their right hand from their left (see Jonah 4:11). 8Those who regard vain idols forsake their faithfulness, 9But I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving. Phantom, Thank you. The kingship was weak and the provinces maintained a large degree of independence. ; 1 Samuel 14:41; Acts 1:26). He spends three nights in the belly of the fish and with nowhere left to run, not even death, he finally repents. At this point, Jonah has not only disobeyed Gods command to go to Nineveh, he has willfully endangered a ship full of innocent strangers. His scoffing and defiance likely result from hatred or excessive nationalism. Verse 2 of chapters 1 and 3 contain the same three Hebrew verbs: (arise), (go), and (cry). Somehow, they sense His just verdict yet they fear their own judgment and ask for His mercy. Comp. He said to them, Pick me up and throw me into the sea. The story has four parties: the sailors, the Ninevites, Jonah, and God.11 How God dealt with each demonstrated His nature and character. 2. That Jonah thought he could run from God shows his foolishness, typifying mans foolishness in thinking he can escape God (Jeremiah 23.24). - we left Jonah last week in quite a pickle.. - He was a prophet of Israel.and God had told him "arise, and go to Ninevah, that great city, and cry against it, because their wickedness had come up before the Lord." - well, Jonah didn't like that idea because Ninevah was in Assyria..and the Assyrians were enemies of Israel. It is of course the children who suffer the most pain and injustice as a result of so much bad adult behavior. Jonah left the city and sat east of it. Their change of heart is immediate and totalfrom the king on all the way down to the animals who fast and don sackcloth and ashes (signs of mourning and repentance) right alongside their human masters. If a learner starts displaying a skill learned in DTI within natural environment, we might say that the learner: Has generalized the skill from DTI to the natural environment. Can you help me out here? Background Turn back to God lest we all perish. God caused the dice reveal Jonah as the problem.3The mariners demanded an accounting. They were enemies! book of Jonah is the old outline which accents the word running. 'sch. Since the Assyrians did not record military defeats, Sennacherib did not record his failure to destroy Jerusalem or capture its king (Hezekiah). Indeed, he never really repents, just continually runs from his mistakes even repeatedly prefers death over repentance. Jonah's story reveals God's missionary heart to us as well as Jonah's prejudice toward foreigners. Lets examine the story of Jonah and allow its teachings to reach us. At Gods behest, Noah builds an ark, Abraham leaves his homeland, Moses returns to Egypt (where he is wanted for murder) to free the Israelite slaves. Ask Jonah. God replied to Jonah:Do you have good reason to be angry (Jonah 4.4)? Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you (Jonah 1.12). They question Jonah more closely and though Jonahs responses are minimal and cagey, eventually the sailors are able to pull from him the whole story of how he has run away from a divine directive. I knew You would find a way to spare and bless these pagans. Jonah responded: He said to them, Pick me up and throw me into the sea. But the entire city of Nineveh responded to Jonahs message. Extra-biblical sources such asDiodorus Siculus (1st century B.C. And Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. Of all the prophets, Jonah is perhaps the most reluctant; his struggle with sin is not hidden. His remembering is not that He forgets but that he gives heed to something. His eye was evil but God was good. Externally, Assyria was threatened by Arameans and Urartians and suffered famine and revolts internally. Now, God had blessed themand used him to do it. Defiance also indicates a lack of faith because it comes from the Latin . Meanwhile, Jonah sleeps in the hold of the ship, oblivious to the clamor and uproar. Gods statement to Jonah reminds one of Jesus parable of the laborers of the vineyard (Matthew 20.1-16). Psalm 139 says, beautifully. Some things must ultimately be left to God. Or whither shall I flee from thy face? Yes, God works with the sinner, drawing him back. It appeared overnight and perished overnight. Jonah reacted by going to Joppa and fleeing west to Tarshish (Jonah 1.3, 10). This is another important lesson: in our sin, our defiance, we often bring storms not only into our own life but also into the lives of others. Jonahs evangelistic message was brief. Similarly, in our own culture today a good deal of pain and loss results from the defiant, selfish, and bad behavior of many. The men decide to draw lots to see who is responsible for the storm and the lot falls on Jonah. Am I correct in my understanding that Jonah did not want to go to Nineveh because he was a good law keeping Jew because Jews had no dealings with gentiles? Through Jonah, the sailors experienced salvation. Resurrection involves receipt of an immortal body that is not subject to death. If Only We had the Faith of Jonah! After God delivered him, Jonah traveled to Nineveh and prophesied that the Lord would destroy the city because of its wickedness. The Lord was the first to be resurrected. First, I do not have an opinion on this right now; I have not studied it enough. The owner replied he had done no wrong. What they feared is unimportant. Defiance also indicates a lack of faith because it comes from the Latin dis (against) and fidere (believe). 3 Albert Einstein said,God does not play dice with the universe. He hated the notion of a universe governed by probability, a fundamental concept of quantum theory. God sends a giant fish to swallow Jonah. Obviously, from their superstitious perspective, some god or gods are angry with somebody, and they are all suffering because of what this person has done. Grace Receiver, Many have argued over this. He said, While I was fainting away,I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple (Jonah 2.7). When you quote Jonah 3:9, 4:4, & 4:11 (they are all questions, one by the king, and two are God speaking to Jonah), I would add a question mark inside your quotation marks. Finding him asleep, the flummoxed captain said: How is it that you are sleeping? Deor.,' 3:37). The message couldnt be clearer: Jonah is going in the wrong direction. Thank you, Lord, for your grace and mercy. 4 At this, I said, If you wont do it for your own sake, then do it for oursbut call on the Lord! Here is a video of a performance of the Peccavimus (we have sinned) from the oratorio Jonas, by Giacomo Carissimi. If only we had the faith of Jonah, evangelism might leap forward into warp drive. The book of Jonah recounted its salvation. Jonah became angry. Proverbs 16:33, "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord" (comp. 2016 Don Samdahl. He realized he could not escape God and looked to Him for deliverance. Rob, Its a technical point. The sailors repented from following false gods to trusting the one true God. Suggestions for Teaching Be attentive to students' behavior and respond appropriately Big difference. Dignity-still the men rowed hard to regain the land, but they could not, for the sea grew ever more turbulent. Even the fallen deserve our love and respect as fellow human beings. So, too, are we when we defiantly indulge sinfulness. Why oh why did you send me on this mission? According to Genesis 10.11, Asshur, a son of Shem (Genesis 10.22) built it. The word means fish but the scope of meaning of is unclear. Same God. But if only resuscitated, I would think Jonah was not really dead; he was just unconscious or had stopped breathing. Jonah had appeared during a time of national distress and its rulers could ill afford divine wrath by aninvading army, famine, earthquake, epidemic, or flood. We are currently reading Jonah's story in daily Mass. Few examples of Gentile salvation exist in the Old Testament. This mercy is available for nothing. In this sovereignly enacted covenant, He declared His blessings to Gentiles would be mediated through a new race of people, the Jews. Your email address will not be published. Jonah is now on his way to Nineveh, and the word of the Lord has come to him a second time. Jonah is a scientist who becomes a business theorist and helps Alex save his plant. In other words, get back in touch with God, from whom youre running. Jonah instinctively knows that if they repent of their sinfulness they will grow stronger. Even the fallen deserve our love and respect as fellow human beings. b. Jonah 3 God gave His commission to Jonah a second timeand this time, Jonah was ready to obey. 1 Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. For I will send you far away to the Gentiles (Acts 22.21). He could feel seaweed wrapping around his head as the waves swept over him. Anyone is free to reproduce this material and distribute it, but it may not be sold. Jonah could not understand Gods mercy to Israels enemies. From what people are you? 9He said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land (Jonah 1.7-9). Jonah's Commission Was Clear But Distasteful "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city, and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." a. Oct 7, 2019. She taught her how to rinse dishes and put them in the dishwasher, how to wipe counters, and how to sweep. , Joshua 22:16-20 Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? Solomon wrote, the lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD (Proverbs 16.33). Implicit in Jonahs message was that God was displeased with their behavior. He proclaimed the message that God gave him, " Yet forty days, and Nineveh will be overthrown!" (3:4). Disobedience does not. I would say we can file this in the "God's Will will be done." Jonah 1: NASB 1 The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, 2 "Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." 3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. This is why God makes statements such as 2 Chronicles 7.14. and less costly as well. Despite brevity, it is a powerful story of Gods grace to Gentiles and a reflective study into Gods character and mercy. So easily they remain locked in self-deception and rationalizations, ignoring the damage they are inflicting upon others. But God would have us reach out to the sinner, to correct with love. Then the mariners became frightened and each one cried to his god. The Ninevites repented from wickedness to righteousness. He had kept the contract they had made with him. . One cannot but be reminded of Jesus disciples experience in a storm on the sea of Galilee (Matthew 8.23-27; Mark 4.36-41; Luke 8.22-25). Literal vs. Figurative Interpretation of City Size, Faith vs. Works in James: Resolving the Problem, But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the. Sigh. IX. God was gracious and Jonah peevish. The story of Jonah teaches compassion by not following the prophet's example. Now he had gone down into the sea monster to the depths of death (Jonah 2.6). The mariners, fearing for their lives, also lose wealth. Until Christs blood was shed all the people that had died were held in the heart of the earth Hebrews 10:4. Every living thing was clothed in sackcloth () and every living creature fasted ( ). Exceptions are Rahab, the harlot, Naaman, the Syrian general, Ruth, the Moabitess, and Nebuchadnezzar. It is too easy for us to wish to destroy those who have harmed us, returning crime for crime, sin for sin. Do you have any idea how your behavior, your sins, are affecting the rest of us? Some think God is absent from the worlds affairs, that the world goes on unnoticed by Him. Tell us, they said, what is your business? If you want to experience spiritual growth, if you want to cultivate a heart more like God's, or if you want to better understand God's priorities, I . To lighten the ship for themselves, they threw its cargo into the sea. They were aghast at Jonahs behavior in fleeing God (Jonah 1.10). He knew that God was compassionate and suspected that the city might repent and be spared. Jonah is to warn the Ninevites that because of their sinfulness they now face divine destruction. I do not deserve to live.. A raging Jonah leaves the city that is actively turning to God (thanks to his prophecy) and wanders into the wilderness. Note that Jonahs defiance also endangers others. V. Dressing Down-The captain came to him and said, What are you doing asleep? Jh). Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple. 5Water encompassed me to the point of death. These and many other sins unleash storms that affect not only us but others around us as well. ), king of Assyria, invaded Israel during Hezekiahs reign about 50 years later. 270, 271.) Jonah had a choice. 16Then the men feared the Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. 8Sennacherib boasted hemade Hezekiah a prisoner in Jerusalem, his royal residence, like a bird in a cage (Magnus Magnusson,Archaeology and the Bible, 1977, p.186). Jonah was an enigma. Yes, sin is usually very expensivebut many seem quite willing to pay the price. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. Jonahs defiance sends him and others headlong into a storm. c. Proclamation was one of Judgment. Jonah had gone down () to Joppa (Jonah 1.3), down to the ship (Jonah 1.3), down to the hold (Jonah 1.5). Whats also interesting is that many skeptics doubted the existence of Nineveh until its ruins were discovered in 1845. It is a story of repentance. The crew, decent men, insist on trying once more to row to shore, a desperate attempt to save the man who had callously endangered their lives. 5This raises interesting questions about the nature of reality. The gourd was Gods mercy to Jonah. Paul raised Eutychus (Acts 20) from death but Eutychus died later. 1 Samuel 10:20, etc. He has declared the first shall be last, and the last first (Matthew 20.16). The point of Jesus parable and the point of Jonah is that grace is greater than law. Kerry Malakosky, Weatherford, OK I also pastor Liberty Heights Chapel, Lawton, OK. LHC is listed as a Grace Church, How Big Was Nineveh? He constructed a shelter and watched to see what would happen after 40 days (Jonah 4.5). Often the last one to know or admit the damage he does is the sinner himself. Everyone from the street sweeper to the king heeded Jonahs warning. Stop with your self-justifying slogans and look at whats really going on! The phrasing of the order emphasized individual accountability and personal responsibility: that each may turn from his wicked way. The text reads: 7He issued a proclamation and it said, In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Jonah tried to run away from God in the opposite direction of Nineveh and headed by boat to Tarshish. Jonahs defiance sends him and others headlong into a stormthat grows ever deeper. The book of Jonah is short, compassing four brief chapters of 48 verses. Sometimes, to get a mans attention, God creates havoc. It may be that he is trying to die again (first time by drowning, now by dehydration). May Bob Pierece's prayer also be ours: "Let my heart be broken with the things that break the heart of God." Jonah had wanted to die rather than face his mistakes and complete his mission, but God wont permit it. It is a story of repentance. In the second section, chapters 2 and 4, Jonah was alone with God. Despite his death wish, Jonah is relieved to have the plants protection. Mr. Reade went on to say, "It contains forty-eight verses and 1,328 words. Because He remembered Hannah, He remembered the Israelites. His words revealed his change of attitude: . Jonah slept. That's where the word of the Lord came to Jonah a . God revealed His mercy not only by His words and actions but in the architecture of the Tabernacle. For the hesitant or doubters, the king issued anexecutive order for fasting, dressing in sackcloth, prayer, and repentance. After his whale of a ride, a ride in which he must experience the full depths and acidic truth of his sinfulness, Jonah is finally delivered by God right back to the shore of Joppa where it all began. God prefers mercy to judgment. Jonahs repentance is expressed in a long, strange, and beautiful poem that is spoken within the fishs belly, and the language indicates that he is ready to change direction: The bars of the earth closed upon me forever. 1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, 2 saying: "In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. Learn how your comment data is processed. The Lord upbraided their lack of faith (Mark 4.40; Luke 8.25) but Jonahs sailors became believers. The crew, terrified out of their minds, throw all the cargo overboard and each prays individually to his own god, to no avail. Jonah cared for his gourd. jonah has had lots of dti will attend to directions well PO Box 2732 Taren Point NSW Australia 2229 +612 9525 3181 info@hassonprojects.com.au jonah has had lots of dti will attend to directions well Monday-Friday: 8:30am to 5:30pm Copyright 2016 Hasson Projects - Design by secrets (tv show 2019) I understand much more of this book now than previously. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Jonah 1:7 They all said to each other Come (Jon. The other worker, with whom he made no contract (whatever was right), received pay according to the landowners heart. When Alex talks about his plant, Jonah intuits all the problems that the plant has, even without Alex mentioning them. Jonah is a story of contrasts. VIII. Many people today talk about victimless sins,actions that supposedly dont hurt anyone. Such objections impress only the weak minded. Jonah 4:7-11. Even his forced timeout in the belly of the fish does not affect true repentance. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Gods will and plan operates within and accommodates human volition. If I ascend into heaven, thou art there; if I descend into hell, thou art present. caused by our greed, addiction, lack of forgiveness, pride, impatience, and lack of charity. On account of selfishness and sexual misbehavior, many families have been torn apart. No, I am not a pastor. In other words, man rolls dice but God makes the spots come up. Here, Jonah a prophet who likely understood what was happening might, indeed should have taken responsibility for the storm and prayed to his God to save the innocent sailors. Yom Kippur Prayer Services. Some have doubted Jonah is history. He gave this wayward prophet a second chance to fulfill the commission that was given. On account of selfishness and sexual misbehavior, many families have been torn apart. John, God set aside the Gentiles in terms of His direct contact and blessing. In the 20th century, we often like to doctor up the word of God. If the plan of God was NOT to go to the Gentiles even as in the Gospels, Jesus said NOT to go to the Gentiles but only to the lost sheep of Israel, WHY did Jonah go to the Gentiles Nineveh? It provides a foretaste of the fullness of Israels destiny to bless Gentiles anticipated in the great Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12.1-3 cf. Who could endure without them? 7 And they said to one another, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. Tarshish is widely held to refer to the coastline of modern-day Spain. The sailors wrenched to and fro and the wind howled so that the crew screamed to be heard. Our age is characterized by Gods grace. Yom Kippur in the Community. We run from Godjust as our first parents did in the garden (Genesis 3.8-10). The other suggestion is in the paragraph Salvation to the Gentiles, in your Conclusion. and suffer great losses (by throwing their cargo overboard) on account of Jonahs sinfulness. villains of the ancient world whose sins are so terrible they merit destruction. This is another important lesson: in our sin, our defiance, we often bring storms not only into our own life but also into the lives of others. The last thing Jonah imagined was that God would bring a great sea creature to swallow him! For whose cause; Septuagint, . When Godquestioned Jonah over his anger about the loss of the gourd he responded: My anger is justifiedeven to death(Jonah 4.9). All Your breakers and billows passed over me. Similarly, in our own culture today a good deal of pain and loss results from the defiant, selfish, and bad behavior of many. That fear had been realized. Or whither shall I flee from thy face? Jonah 's Flight. ), and Herodotus (4th century B.C.) I believe Jonah didnt go, nor was the intent of God that he go to preach the Gospel but rather he was to preach judgement. Terrified, His disciples woke Him to save them from sinking. What is your country, and to what people do you belong? Jonah answered them, I am a Hebrew, I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land. Now the men were seized with great fear and said to him, How could you do such a thing? They knew that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had told them. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days walk (Jonah 3.3). He went down into the heart of the earth as in Matthew 12 and brought back those saints that had died and took Paradise to heaven. The Lord said he was three days and nights in the belly of the sea monster. L. C. Allen wrote it was a model of literary artistry, marked by symmetry and balance (Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah) and H. C. Brichto described it, from beginning to end, in form and content, in diction, phraseology, and style, a masterpiece of rhetoric (Toward a Grammar of Biblical Poetics). It reveals God's greatness and man's pettiness. God sent a great storm upon the ship and the men decided Jonah was to blame so they threw him overboard. The lot falls to Jonah, and he is finally forced to go public. Yes, what are you doing? Hi John just a few verses about the heart of the earth. Judges 7:13,14 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along, Isaiah 41:6,7 They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage, Joshua 7:14-18 In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man, Judges 20:9,10 But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; , 1 Samuel 10:20,21 And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken, Joshua 7:10,13 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? 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