Jonah 1:1 (WEB)

Passage

Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Nearby Context

Jonah 1:1 Now Yahweh’s word came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

Jonah 1:2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.”

Jonah 1:3 But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

Study Lenses

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

The next verse adds "Arise go to Nineveh that great city...", so "yahweh" and "word" 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 "yahweh" and "word" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.