Jonah 1:1-3

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Jonah Flees the Presence of the Lord

1 Now the word of the Lord came to ^(A)Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ²“Arise, go to ^(B)Nineveh, that ^(C)great city, and call out against it, ^(D)for their evil^[a] has come up before me.” ³But Jonah ^(E)rose to flee to ^(F)Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to ^(G)Joppa and found a ship going to ^(H)Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to ^(I)Tarshish, ^(J)away from the presence of the Lord.

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Jonah 1:2 The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jonah

Romans 8:18-21

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Future Glory

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^(A)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the creation waits with eager longing for ^(B)the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation ^(C)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^(D)because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that ^(E)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.