Jonah 1:1-7
Jonah <03124> [Jonah.]
[Jonas.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
announce <07121> [cry.]
wickedness <07451> [for.]
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.
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
hurled <02904> [sent out. Heb. cast forth. like. Heb. thought.]
cried out <02199> [cried.]
flung <02904> [and cast.]
deck <03411> [the sides.]
sound asleep <07290> [and was.]
asleep <07290> [What.]
Get up <06965> [arise.]
god .... god <0430> [if.]
one <0376> [every.]
cast .............. overtaken ..... cast <05307> [and let.]
whose fault <07945> [for.]
lots .................. lots ...... out <01486> [and the.]
