The Book of Jonah – Part 1

1  Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ²  “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” ³  But Jonah rose 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 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.