“But 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.”
The statement that Jonah rose and fled toward Tarshish from the presence of the LORD indicates Jonah's refusal to obey the divine commission. The attempt to flee from the presence of the LORD establishes the futility and presumption of the prophet's resistance. This verse initiates the central conflict of the narrative.
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