Jonah 1:9 — So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I [reverently] fear and worship the Lor… — AMP | maBible
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9 So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I [reverently] fear and worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
Notes and references
This was an important addition to Jonah’s description of God, because most people who believed in pagan gods had different deities for different regions of the created world, and often they also worshiped deities of their own localities. Jonah was affirming that there is only one true God.