Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,\n\n2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.\xa03But 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.\xa04But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.\xa05Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that\xa0were\xa0in the ship into the sea, to lighten\xa0it\xa0of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.