3:1–3a Jonah’s Recommissioning and Compliance. The fourth episode parallels the first (1:1–3) and focuses on the second question raised at the beginning of the story: “What will happen to the Ninevites?” (see note on 1:1–3). 3:1–2 The second time underscores God’s determination to get his message to the Ninevites and to use Jonah in the process. The message that I tell you replaces “for their evil has come up before me” (1:2). 3:3a Jonah went to Nineveh instead of fleeing to Tarshish. He complies