<p class="poetry">You were in Eden, the garden of God.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Every precious stone was your covering,p> <p class="poetry">the ruby, topaz, and emerald,p> <p class="poetry">the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper,p> <p class="poetry">the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">your settings and mounts were made of gold.p> <p class="poetry">On the day you were created they were prepared.p>

Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors<n id="1" /> will say to you, &#8220;Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?&#8221;&#8217;p>

Instead, Jonah immediately<n id="1" /> headed off to Tarshish <n id="2" /> to escape<n id="3" /> from the commission of the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="4" /> He traveled<n id="5" /> to Joppa<n id="6" /> and found a merchant ship heading<n id="7" /> to Tarshish.<n id="8" /> So he paid the fare<n id="9" /> and went aboard<n id="10" /> it to go with them<n id="11" /> to Tarshish<n id="12" /> far away from the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="13" />