Talmud for Jonah 1:2

“And one who suppresses his prophecy,” like Jonah ben Amitai⁹⁴Babli 89a; Tosephta 14:15.. Rebbi Jonah said, Jonah ben Amitai was a true prophet. You find that when the Holy One, praise to Him, told him, get up and go to the great city of Nineveh and call out over it that their evil came before Me⁹⁵Jonah 1:2., Jonah said, I know that Gentiles are close to repentance; if I would go and prophesy for them and they repented, the Holy One, praise to Him, would make himself paid from the haters of Israel⁹⁶I. e., punish Israel for not repenting.. What can I do? I must flee! Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from before the Eternal; he descended to Jaffa, found a ship destined for Tarshish, paid his fare and entered it,⁹⁷Jonah 1:3.” etc.