Jonah 1:1-3

Contemporary English Version

Jonah Runs from the Lord

1 ^(A) One day the Lord told Jonah, the son of Amittai, ² to go to the great city of Nineveh^[a] and say to the people, “The Lord has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!”

³ Instead, Jonah ran from the Lord. He went to the seaport of Joppa and found a ship that was going to Spain. So he paid his fare, then got on the ship and sailed away to escape.