But Jonah (A)rose to flee to (B)Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to (C)Joppa and found a ship going to (D)Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to (E)Tarshish, (F)away from the presence of the Lord.

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(A)Where shall I go from your Spirit?
    Or where (B)shall I flee from your presence?
(C)If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
    (D)If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning
    and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall (E)lead me,
    and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, (F)“Surely the darkness shall cover me,
    and the light about me be night,”
12 (G)even the darkness is not dark to you;
    the night is bright as the day,
    for darkness is as light with you.

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46 and Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against (A)Joppa.

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16 Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod,[a] east of Eden.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:16 Nod means wandering

Dorcas Restored to Life

36 Now there was in (A)Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.[a] She was full of (B)good works and acts of charity.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:36 The Aramaic name Tabitha and the Greek name Dorcas both mean gazelle

And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? (A)That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a (B)gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and (C)relenting from disaster.

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An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon

23 The (A)oracle concerning (B)Tyre.

Wail, O (C)ships of Tarshish,
    for Tyre is laid waste, (D)without house or harbor!
From (E)the land of Cyprus[a]
    it is revealed to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:1 Hebrew Kittim; also verse 12

Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to (A)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

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They will suffer the punishment of (A)eternal destruction, (B)away from[a] the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Or destruction that comes from

16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For (A)necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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19 “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to (A)the heavenly vision,

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43 And he stayed in Joppa for many days (A)with one Simon, a tanner.

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12 (A)“Tarshish did (B)business with you because of your great wealth of every kind; silver, iron, tin, and lead they exchanged for your (C)wares.

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10 Cross over your land like the Nile,
    O daughter of Tarshish;
    there is no restraint anymore.

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(A)Cross over to Tarshish;
    wail, O inhabitants of the coast!

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12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

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16 (A)And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to (B)Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”

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38 But Paul thought best not to take with them one (A)who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work.

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62 Jesus said to him, (A)“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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14 (A)The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the (B)hand of the Lord being strong upon me.

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O Lord, (A)you have deceived me,
    and I was deceived;
(B)you are stronger than I,
    and you have prevailed.
(C)I have become a laughingstock all the day;
    everyone mocks me.
For whenever I speak, I cry out,
    I shout, (D)“Violence and destruction!”
For (E)the word of the Lord has become for me
    (F)a reproach and (G)derision all day long.
If I say, “I will not mention him,
    or speak any more in his name,”
(H)there is in my heart as it were a burning fire
    shut up in my bones,
and (I)I am weary with holding it in,
    and I cannot.

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For (A)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    (B)the ships of Tarshish first,
(C)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because (D)he has made you beautiful.

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16 against all (A)the ships of Tarshish,
    and against all the beautiful craft.

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So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome (A)sores from (B)the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

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The Lord Speaks to Elijah

There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, (A)the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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