only three verses (2:1–2, 11 [ET 1:17–2:1, 10]) out of a total of forty-eight cannot be regarded as the narrative’s main concern. Campbell Morgan penned these wise words: “Men have been looking so hard at the great fish that they have failed to see the great God.”205 The greatness of Yahweh is certainly one of the major themes in Jonah. Yahweh is the Creator of the land and the sea (1:9), who controls the world and uses the natural world to achieve his purposes. The storm, sea, fish, plant, worm,