Jonah 1:1 (DRB)

Passage

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Nearby Context

Jonah 1:1 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah, the son of Amathi, saying:

Jonah 1:2 Arise and go to Ninive, the great city, and preach in it: For the wickedness thereof is come up before me.

Jonah 1:3 And Jonah rose up to flee into Tharsis from the face of the Lord, and he went down to Joppe, and found a ship going to Tharsis: and he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tharsis from the face of the Lord,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "lord", "came", "jonah", "amathi", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Arise and go to Ninive the great...", so "word" and "lord" should be read forward into that movement. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "word" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.