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

Jonah 1:1-3

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Jonah is Called to Go to Nineveh

1 Now this message from the Lord came to Amittai’s son Jonah:^[a] ²“Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city! Then cry out in protest^[b] against it, because their evil has come to my attention.”^[c]

Jonah Runs from God’s Call

³But Jonah got up and fled from the Lord to Tarshish.^[d] He went down to Joppa, secured passage on a ship bound for Tarshish, paid the fare, and boarded, intending to go with the mariners^[e] to Tarshish to escape from the Lord.

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Jonah 1:1 The Heb. name Jonah means dove
Jonah 1:2 The Heb. lacks in protest
Jonah 1:2 Lit. has come up before me
Jonah 1:3 I.e. a city far to the West
Jonah 1:3 Lit. with them

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Jonah 1:1-3 International Standard Version

Jonah is Called to Go to Nineveh

Jonah Runs from God’s Call

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