Jonah 1:3

Instead of obeying, Jonah flees toward Tarshish, the opposite direction, trying to escape God's call. It matters because it exposes the futility and folly of running from God.

Cross-references · 26

• Ps 139:7–12Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
• Gen 4:16So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
• Josh 19:46Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory across from Joppa.
• 2 Th 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
• Acts 9:43And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
• Acts 9:36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
• Isa 23:1This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.
• Isa 23:6Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
• 1 Kgs 19:3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
• Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
• Ezek 27:12Tarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.
• 2 Chr 2:16We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
• Isa 23:10Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
• Job 1:12“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
• Luke 9:62Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
• Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
• 1 Cor 9:16Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
• 1 Kgs 19:9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
• Exod 4:13–14But Moses replied, “Please, Lord, send someone else.”
• Acts 15:38But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
• Isa 2:16against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.
• Isa 60:9Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.
• Jer 20:7–9You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
• Ezek 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the LORD upon me.
• Gen 3:8Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
• Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.

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