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[[God]] commanded Jonah to go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim that their wickedness had come up before Him. However, Jonah tried to flee from God. He went down to Joppa and boarded a ship bound for [https://biblehub.com/topical/t/tarshish.htm Tarshish], which lay in the opposite direction—westward, far from Nineveh in the northeast. While Jonah was asleep, a violent storm arose, and the ship was on the verge of breaking apart. The sailors cast lots to determine who was responsible for the calamity, and the lot fell on Jonah. Aware that the storm had come because he had disobeyed God’s command, Jonah told them to throw him into the sea. As the storm grew even more fierce, the sailors finally did as he said—and the sea immediately became calm. Then God prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah remained inside the fish for three days and three nights.