Jonah 1:1-7

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Jonah <03124> [Jonah.]

[Jonas.]

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Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]

announce <07121> [cry.]

wickedness <07451> [for.]

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escape <01272> [to flee.]

from .................................... from <06440> [from.]

Joppa <03305> [Joppa.]

Tarshish ..................... Tarshish ................ Tarshish <08659> [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.

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Lord <03068> [the Lord.]

hurled <02904> [sent out. Heb. cast forth. like. Heb. thought.]

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cried out <02199> [cried.]

flung <02904> [and cast.]

deck <03411> [the sides.]

sound asleep <07290> [and was.]

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asleep <07290> [What.]

Get up <06965> [arise.]

god .... god <0430> [if.]

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one <0376> [every.]

cast .............. overtaken ..... cast <05307> [and let.]

whose fault <07945> [for.]

lots .................. lots ...... out <01486> [and the.]