1. Now the word of Adonai came to Jonah, son of Amittai, saying:
2. “Rise, go to the great city Nineveh and call out to her, for their evil has risen before me.”
3. But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish, from the presence of Adonai. He went down to Jaffa and found a ship going to Tarshish, paid the fee and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish—away from the presence of Adonai.