Jonah Chapter 1 Part 2 verses 3 to 8

JONAH was the most ancient of all the prophets whose writings have come down to us. He is supposed to have prophesied in the latter end of Jehu’s or the beginning of Jehoahaz’s reign
The author of the book is Jonah. His name (הָונֹי Yonah) means “dove.” Yahshua Messiah mentions Jonah, and the account of this book, as true history (Mat 12:39-41)
The book of Jonah was written to Israel to show that Yahweh’s grace and mercy extends to Gentiles, even those whom Israel regards as their evil enemies.
Jonah had strong national pride and hated the Assyrians, and his attitude reflected that of Israel. Though Yahweh hated the evil of the Assyrians, He loved them and desired their salvation. For this reason, Yahweh called Jonah to preach to them (Jon 1:1-2), but His prophet declined and ran away (Jon 1:3). Yahweh began a series of judgments upon His disobedient prophet which included a storm (Jon 1:4), the pressure of Gentile sailors (Jon 1:5-16), and a great fish that swallowed him (Jon 1:17). From the belly of the great fish Jonah was humbled and cried out to the Lord, who saved him (Jon 2:1-10). The humbled prophet then obeyed the Lord and preached to the Ninevites (Jon 3:1-4), and the people of the city believed in Yahweh and the Lord changed His mind about the judgment He was going to bring on them (Jon 3:5-10). Yahweh’s mercy and grace greatly upset Jonah to the point where he wanted to die (Jon 4:1-3), but the grace Yahweh showed to Nineveh was shown to Jonah, which grace reflects the Lord’s sovereignty (Jon 4:4-11). The overall purpose of the book of Jonah is to reveal that Yahweh’s grace, compassion, and mercy extends to evil and hostile nations just as it does to His people
In this Part 2 of Chapter 1, I cover verses 3 to 8
In the prior verse Yahweh told Jonah to "rise up and go" to Nineveh to warn them to change, but Jonah "Rose up and fled" away from Nineveh, thus disobeying Yahweh
Jonah wanted to go by sea to Tarshish. Tarshish was the most distant port to which people from Israel travelled for the purposes of trade. It seems to have been on the west coast of Spain. The boats had to travel the entire length of the Mediterranean Sea to get there. The distance was more than 2000 miles. Jonah went from Joppa, which was the principal port for travelers from Israel. It was about 60 miles from Gath Hepher, where Jonah lived.Yahweh had not told Jonah to go west, to Tarshish. Rather, Yahweh had sent him in the opposite direction, east, to Nineveh. The route to Nineveh was by land. It was a long journey, about 600 miles. Jonah would probably walk the entire distance; it would take about 2 months
4  great wind = The 'Ruwach' in the Hebrew language,
Wind: ruwach: A wind, breath, a mind, a spirit; the Spirit of Yahweh
was like to be broken = Thought to be breaking apart (presumed to be sinking)
5   cried every man unto his god = (Note lower case 'g' in the word god). These sailors were heathen. They believed in many different gods
gone down into the sides of the ship = Below deck
6    shipmaster = Captain of the ship
What meanest thou, O sleeper = Why are you sleeping at a time like this?
Elohim = In the Hebrew language this word is "'eth Elohim" and it is translated to: "THE Elohim." Once again, we see the ship's Captain pay homage to Jonah's Elohim as THE One True Elohim
7   cast lots = A form of a game of chance with small stones likened to drawing straws or throwing dice to determine the answer to a thing. This was also done by the eleven remaining Apostles when they were trying to decide between two men as to which would be the twelfth Apostle to replace Judas Iscariot [Acts 1:23-26] 

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