1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:[a]
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"Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me."
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However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the Lord's presence. He went down[b] to Joppa 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.