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Jona 3

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1 I dođe reč Gospodnja Joni drugi put govoreći:

2 Ustani, i idi u Nineviju grad veliki, i propovedaj mu ono što ti ja kažem.

3 I ustav Jona otide u Nineviju po reči Gospodnjoj; a Ninevija beše grad vrlo velik, tri dana hoda.

4 I Jona poče ići po gradu jedan dan hoda, i propoveda i reče: Jošte četrdeset dana, pa će Ninevija propasti.

5 I Ninevljani poverovaše Bogu, i oglasiše post, i obukoše se u kostret od najvećeg do najmanjeg.

6 Jer kad dođe ta reč do cara ninevijskog, on usta sa svog prestola, i skide sa sebe svoje odelo, i obuče se u kostret i sede u pepeo.

7 I proglasi se i kaza se po Nineviji po zapovesti carevoj i knezova njegovih govoreći: Ljudi i stoka, goveda i ovce da ne okuse ništa, ni da pasu ni da piju vode.

8 Nego i ljudi i stoka da se pokriju kostreću, i da prizivaju Boga jako, i da se vrati svaki sa svog zlog puta i od nepravde koja mu je u ruku.

9 Ko zna, eda se povrati i raskaje Bog i povrati se od ljutog gneva svog, te ne izginemo.

10 I Bog vide dela njihova, gde se vratiše sa zlog puta svog; i raskaja se Bog oda zla koje reče da im učini, i ne učini.

   

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Jona 4:2

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2 I pomoli se Gospodu i reče: Gospode! Ne rekoh li to kad još bejah u svojoj zemlji? Zato htedoh pre pobeći u Tarsis; jer znah da si Ti Bog milostiv i žalostiv, spor na gnev i obilan milosrđem i kaješ se oda zla.

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Anger

  

2) Zeal often appears as anger, but it isn't, it comes from a good motive rather than an evil motive. Anger comes to a person when a selfish love is hindered or attacked, while a sense of zeal comes to a person when a good love or a worthy truth is hindered or attacked. Devils and Satans feel anger, and feel it often, and they seek to attack. Angels may feel zeal, and seek to defend. Anger is an emotion so common to people that it requires no definition. However a couple of points of interest can be raised. 1) The Lord is never angry. Anger is attributed to Him because the word is written to make sense to men and it seems as if He should be angry when men are evil. And it doesn't harm people to think in this way. Also when evil people have their plans go wrong, they feel anger toward the Lord and assume that is returned.

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