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Jonah 1:1-2
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Jonah 1:1-2
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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!”
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- 1.2 Nineveh: Capital city of Assyria, a hated enemy of Israel.
Jonah 1:1-2
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Jonah 1:1-2
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Jonah Flees From the Lord
1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah(A) son of Amittai:(B) 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh(C) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”
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