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 could I go from your Spirit? Or where could I flee from your presence?
• Gen 4:16Cain left Yahweh’s presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
• Josh 19:46Me Jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Joppa.
• 2 Th 1:9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
• Acts 9:43He stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
• Acts 9:36Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
• Isa 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in. From the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.
• Isa 23:6Pass over to Tarshish! Wail, you inhabitants of the coast!
• 1 Kgs 19:3When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
• Jonah 4:2He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
• Ezek 27:12Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kinds of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded for your wares.
• 2 Chr 2:16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”
• Isa 23:10Pass through your land like the Nile, daughter of Tarshish. There is no restraint any more.
• Job 1:12Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
• Luke 9:62But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”
• Acts 26:19“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
• 1 Cor 9:16For if I preach the Good News, I have nothing to boast about; for necessity is laid on me; but woe is to me, if I don’t preach the Good News.
• 1 Kgs 19:9He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
• Exod 4:13–14He said, “Oh, Lord, please send someone else.”
• Acts 15:38But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.
• Isa 2:16For all the ships of Tarshish, and for all pleasant imagery.
• Isa 60:9Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
• Jer 20:7–9Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed. I have become a laughing-stock all day. Every one mocks me.
• Ezek 3:14So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
• Gen 3:8They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
• Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.

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