1. Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah, the son of Amittai, saying,
2. Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
3. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord and went down to Joppa, and he found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish fleeing from the presence of the Lord.
4. But the Lord caused a great wind to rise up in the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship thought she would be broken.