Jonah 1:3

Easy To Read Version

\{Jonah did not want to obey God,\} so Jonah tried to run away from the Lord. Jonah went to Joppa. {\cf2\super [3]} Jonah found a boat that was going to the faraway city of Tarshish. {\cf2\super [4]} Jonah paid money for the trip and went on the boat. Jonah wanted to travel with the people on this boat to Tarshish and run away from the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 3:8

During the cool part of the day, the Lord God was walking in the garden. The man and the woman heard him, and they hid among the trees in the garden.

Genesis 4:16

Cain went away from the Lord. Cain lived in the land of Nod. [28]

1 Kings 19:3

When Elijah heard this, he was afraid. So he ran away to save his life. He took his servant with him. They went to Beersheba, Judah. Elijah left his servant in Beersheba.

1 Kings 19:9

There Elijah went into a cave and stayed all night.

2 Chronicles 2:15

“Now, Sir, you offered to give us wheat, barley, oil, and wine. Give those things to my servants.

2 Chronicles 2:16

And we will cut wood from the country of Lebanon. We will cut as much wood as you need. We will tie the logs together and float them by sea to the town of Joppa. Then you can carry the wood to Jerusalem.”

2 Chronicles 9:21

Why? Because King Solomon had ships that Hiram's men sailed to Tarshish. {\cf2\super [158]} And every three years the ships would return from Tarshish loaded with gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Ezra 3:7

Then those people who had come back from captivity gave money to the stonecutters and carpenters. And those people gave food, wine, and olive oil. They used these things to pay the people of Tyre and Sidon to bring cedar logs from Lebanon. Those people wanted to bring the logs in ships to the sea coast town of Joppa like \{Solomon did when he built\} the first temple. Cyrus king of Persia gave permission for them to do these things.

Job 1:12

The Lord said to Satan, “All right. Do anything you want to the things Job has. But don’t hurt his body.”

Job 2:7

Then Satan went away from the Lord. Satan gave Job painful sores. The painful sores were all over Job’s body from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head.

Psalm 107:23

Some people sailed in boats across the sea.\par Their job carried them across the great sea.\par

Isaiah 2:16

Those proud people are like great ships from Tarshish. {\cf2\super [25]} (These ships are full of important things.) \{But God will punish those proud people.\}

Isaiah 23:1

The sad message about Tyre: You ships from Tarshish, {\cf2\super [219]} be sad! Your harbor has been destroyed. (The people on these ships were told this news while on their way from the land of Kittim.) {\cf2\super [220]}

Isaiah 23:10

You ships from Tarshish should go back\par to your country.\par Cross the sea like it is a small river.\par No person will stop you now.\par

Isaiah 23:6

You ships should return to Tarshish. {\cf2\super [223]} \par You people living near the sea\par should be sad.\par

Isaiah 60:9

The faraway lands are waiting for me.\par The great cargo ships are ready to sail.\par Those ships are ready to bring\par your children from faraway lands.\par They will bring silver and gold with them\par to honor the Lord your God,\par the Holy One of Israel.\par The Lord does wonderful things for you.\par

Jeremiah 10:9

They use silver from the city of Tarshish\par and gold from the city of Uphaz\par and make their statues.\par Carpenters and metal-workers make those idols.\par They put blue and purple clothes on those idols.\par “Wise men” make those “gods.”\par

Ezekiel 2:8

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [16]} you must listen to the things I say to you. Don’t turn against me like those rebellious people. Open your mouth and \{accept the words I give you and then speak those words to the people\}. Eat these words.”

Ezekiel 27:12

“Tarshish {\cf2\super [223]} was one of your best customers. They traded silver, iron, tin, and lead for all the wonderful things you sold.

Ezekiel 3:14

The wind {\cf2\super [25]} lifted me and took me away. I left that place. I was very sad and upset in my spirit. {\cf2\super [26]} But I felt Lord’s power in me!

Jonah 1:10

Jonah told the men he was running away from the Lord. The men became very scared when they learned this. The men asked Jonah, “What terrible thing did you do against your God?”

Jonah 4:2

Jonah complained to the Lord and said, “I knew this would happen! I was in my own country, and you told me to come here. At that time, I knew that you would forgive the people of this evil city. So I decided to run away to Tarshish. I knew that you are a kind God! I knew that you show mercy and don’t want to punish people! I knew that you are full of kindness! I knew that if these people stopped sinning, you would change your plans to destroy them.

Luke 9:62

Jesus said, “If any person begins to plow a field, but looks back, he is not prepared for the kingdom of God.”

Acts 15:38

But \{on their first trip\} John Mark had left them at Pamphylia; he did not continue with them in the work. So Paul did not think it was a good idea to take him.

Acts 26:19

Paul continued speaking: “King Agrippa, {\cf2\super [495]} after I had this vision {\cf2\super [496]} from heaven, I obeyed it.

Acts 9:36

In the city of Joppa there was a follower \{of Jesus\} named Tabitha. (Her Greek name, Dorcas, means “a deer.”) She always did good things for people. She always gave money to people that needed it.

Acts 9:38

The followers in Joppa heard that Peter was in Lydda. (Lydda is near Joppa.) So they sent two men to Peter. They begged him, “Hurry, please come quickly!”

Acts 9:42

People everywhere in Joppa learned about this. Many of these people believed in the Lord (Jesus).

Acts 9:43

Peter stayed in Joppa for many days. He stayed with a man named Simon who was a leatherworker. {\cf2\super [200]}

1 Corinthians 9:16

My work of telling the Good News {\cf2\super [59]} is not my reason for boasting. Telling the Good News is my duty—something I must do. It will be bad for me if I don’t tell people the Good News.

2 Thessalonians 1:9

Those people will be punished with a destruction that continues forever. They will not be allowed to be with the Lord. Those people will be kept away from his great power.

Joshua 19:46

Me Jarkon, Rakkon, and the area near Joppa.