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Jonah 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

to flee: Jonah 4:2; Exodus 4:13-14; 1 Kings 19:3, 1 Kings 19:9; Jeremiah 20:7-9; Ezekiel 3:14; Luke 9:62; Acts 15:38, Acts 26:19; 1 Corinthians 9:16

from: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:16; Job 1:12, Job 2:7; Psalms 139:7-12; 2 Thessalonians 1:9

Joppa: Joshua 19:46; 2 Chronicles 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. Isaiah 2:16, Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:6, Isaiah 23:10, Isaiah 60:9; Ezekiel 27:12

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