Jonah 1:3
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.
Job 27:22
It hurls <07993> [For God.]
pity <02550> [not spare.]
hurls itself ........ flees headlong <01272> [he would fain flee. Heb. in fleeing he would flee.]
