1 Now the LORD’s [1] 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.