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Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah[a] the son of Amittai,saying ,
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Arise , go to Nineveh, that greatcity, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come upbefore me.
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But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a shipgoing to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.