3But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-3)Observe, 1. The honour God put upon Jonah, in giving him a commission to go and prophesy against Nineveh. Jonah signifies a dove , a proper name for all God’s prophets, all his people, who ought to be harmless as doves , and to mourn as doves for the sins and calamities of the land. His father’s name was Amittai—My truth ; for God’s prophets should be sons of truth. To him the word of the Lord cam...
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