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Jonah Flees from Yahweh’s Presence

Now the word of [a]Yahweh came to (A)Jonah the son of Amittai saying, “Arise, go to (B)Nineveh, the great city, and (C)call out against it, for their (D)evil has come up before Me.” Yet Jonah arose to flee to (E)Tarshish (F)from the presence of Yahweh. So he went down to (G)Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, and [b]paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:1 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. Jonah 1:3 Lit gave its wages

Ninevites Turn from Their Evil Ways

Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, the great city, and (B)call out to it this very call which I am going to speak to you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was [a]an (C)exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:3 Lit a great city to God