The Book of Jonah

The word of the Lord came to Jonah to the effect that he should cry against Nineveh in that its wickedness had come up before the Lord. Jonah proves unwilling. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for Tarshish. He pays his fare and boards the ship with a view to fleeing from the presence of the Lord. Chap. 1:1-3. Jonah's guilt is discovered. The Lord stirs up the sea by a great wind. The ship threatens to flounder. The sailors, struck with terror, cry every man unto his god. They...