“Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,”

Jonah 1:1 (KJV) |

Jonah 1:1

From Jonah 1, in the Book of Jonah (Old Testament).

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Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

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Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

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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 from the presence of the LORD.

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