Jonah 1:3
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3 But Jonah got up and went in the opposite direction to get away from the Lord. He went down to the port of Joppa, where he found a ship leaving for Tarshish. He bought a ticket and went on board, hoping to escape from the Lord by sailing to Tarshish.
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Psalm 139:7-12
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7 I can never escape from your Spirit!
I can never get away from your presence!
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave,[a] you are there.
9 If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—
12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
Footnotes
- 139:8 Hebrew to Sheol.
Joshua 19:46
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46 Me-jarkon, Rakkon, and the territory across from Joppa.
Genesis 4:16
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16 So Cain left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod,[a] east of Eden.
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- 4:16 Nod means “wandering.”
Acts 9:36
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36 There was a believer in Joppa named Tabitha (which in Greek is Dorcas[a]). She was always doing kind things for others and helping the poor.
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- 9:36 The names Tabitha in Aramaic and Dorcas in Greek both mean “gazelle.”
Jonah 4:2
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2 So he complained to the Lord about it: “Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, Lord? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.
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Isaiah 23:1
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A Message about Tyre
23 This message came to me concerning Tyre:
Wail, you trading ships of Tarshish,
for the harbor and houses of Tyre are gone!
The rumors you heard in Cyprus[a]
are all true.
1 Kings 19:3
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3 Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.
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2 Thessalonians 1:9
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9 They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from his glorious power.
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1 Corinthians 9:16
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16 Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News!
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Acts 26:19
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19 “And so, King Agrippa, I obeyed that vision from heaven.
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Acts 9:43
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43 And Peter stayed a long time in Joppa, living with Simon, a tanner of hides.
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Ezekiel 27:12
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12 “Tarshish sent merchants to buy your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead.
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Isaiah 23:10
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10 Come, people of Tarshish,
sweep over the land like the flooding Nile,
for Tyre is defenseless.[a]
Footnotes
- 23:10 The meaning of the Hebrew in this verse is uncertain.
Isaiah 23:6
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6 Send word now to Tarshish!
Wail, you people who live in distant lands!
Job 1:12
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12 “All right, you may test him,” the Lord said to Satan. “Do whatever you want with everything he possesses, but don’t harm him physically.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.
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2 Chronicles 2:16
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16 We will cut whatever timber you need from the Lebanon mountains and will float the logs in rafts down the coast of the Mediterranean Sea[a] to Joppa. From there you can transport the logs up to Jerusalem.”
Footnotes
- 2:16 Hebrew the sea.
Acts 15:38
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38 But Paul disagreed strongly, since John Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in their work.
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Luke 9:62
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62 But Jesus told him, “Anyone who puts a hand to the plow and then looks back is not fit for the Kingdom of God.”
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Ezekiel 3:14
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14 The Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I went in bitterness and turmoil, but the Lord’s hold on me was strong.
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Jeremiah 20:7-9
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Jeremiah’s Complaint
7 O Lord, you misled me,
and I allowed myself to be misled.
You are stronger than I am,
and you overpowered me.
Now I am mocked every day;
everyone laughs at me.
8 When I speak, the words burst out.
“Violence and destruction!” I shout.
So these messages from the Lord
have made me a household joke.
9 But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord
or speak in his name,
his word burns in my heart like a fire.
It’s like a fire in my bones!
I am worn out trying to hold it in!
I can’t do it!
Isaiah 60:9
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9 They are ships from the ends of the earth,
from lands that trust in me,
led by the great ships of Tarshish.
They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away,
carrying their silver and gold.
They will honor the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has filled you with splendor.
Isaiah 2:16
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16 He will destroy all the great trading ships[a]
and every magnificent vessel.
Footnotes
- 2:16 Hebrew every ship of Tarshish.
Job 2:7
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7 So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.
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1 Kings 19:9
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9 There he came to a cave, where he spent the night.
The Lord Speaks to Elijah
But the Lord said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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