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.