Jonah 1:1-3

Common English Bible

Commissioning of a reluctant prophet

1 The Lord’s word came to Jonah, Amittai’s son: ² “Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it, for their evil has come to my attention.”

³ So Jonah got up—to flee to Tarshish from the Lord! He went down to Joppa and found a ship headed for Tarshish. He paid the fare and went aboard to go with them to Tarshish, away from the Lord.