1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ² “Arise, go to Nineveh, thatgreat city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” ³ But Jonah rose to flee toTarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

⁴ But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up.

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