Jonah 1:1-3

Modern English Version

The Call of Jonah

1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, ² “Get up, go to Nineveh, the great city, and cry out against it, because their wickedness has come up before Me.”

³ But Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found there a ship going to Tarshish. He paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.