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Jonah 1:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Jonah 1:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Jonah Runs from the Lord
1 (A) One day the Lord told Jonah, the son of Amittai, 2 to go to the great city of Nineveh[a] and say to the people, “The Lord has seen your terrible sins. You are doomed!”
3 Instead, Jonah ran from the Lord. He went to the seaport of Joppa and found a ship that was going to Spain. So he paid his fare, then got on the ship and sailed away to escape.
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- 1.2 Nineveh: Capital city of Assyria, a hated enemy of Israel.
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