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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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? …
And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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