Jon 1:3

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to flee.

Jonah 4:2; Exod 4:13; Exod 4:14; 1Kgs 19:3; 1Kgs 19:9; Jer 20:7-9; Ezek 3:14; Luke 9:62; Acts 15:38

Jonah 26:19; 1Cor 9:16

from.

Gen 3:8; Gen 4:16; Job 1:12; Job 2:7; Ps 139:7-12; 2Thess 1:9

Joppa.

Josh 19:46; 2Chr 2:16; Acts 9:36

Tarshish.

As Jonah embarked at Joppa, a seaport on the Mediterranean, it was probably either Tarsus in Cilicia, or rather Tartessus in Spain, to which he intended to flee.

When we reflect how such a message would be received in the streets of London at this day, we shall not wonder at the prophet's reluctance to announce the destruction of the proud and idolatrous Nineveh.

Isa 2:16; Isa 23:1; Isa 23:6; Isa 23:10; Isa 60:9; Ezek 27:12