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Jonah Disobeys Yahweh

And the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, “Get up! Go to the great city Nineveh and cry out against her, because their evil has come up before me.”[a] But Jonah set out to flee toward Tarshish from the presence of[b] Yahweh. And he went down to Joppa and found a merchant ship going to Tarshish, and paid her fare, and went on board her to go with them toward Tarshish from the presence of[c] Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:2 Literally “to my face”
  2. Jonah 1:3 Literally “from to face of”
  3. Jonah 1:3 Literally “from to face of”

Jonah Tries to Run Away from God

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying,(A) “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”(B) But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid his fare and went on board, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.(C)

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