JONAH’S FLIGHT

1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:a 2 “Get up!b Go to the great cityc of Ninevehd and preach against ite because their evilf has come up before me.”g 3 Jonah got up to flee to Tarshishh from the Lord’s presence.i He went downj to Joppak and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the Lord’s presence.