1. Now the Lord’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
2. “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”
3. But Jonah rose up 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 its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.