Jonah 1:2-4

International Children’s Bible

² “Get up, go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it. I see the evil things they do.”

³ But Jonah got up to run away from the Lord. He went to the city of Joppa. There he found a ship that was going to the city of Tarshish. Jonah paid for the trip and went aboard. He wanted to go to Tarshish to run away from the Lord.

⁴ But the Lord sent a great wind on the sea. This wind made the sea very rough. So the ship was in danger of breaking apart.