a. I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm: Jonah was angry because God granted repentance to the Ninevites, and the Assyrians were enemies of Judah and Israel. Jonah wanted God to bring judgment upon these people he hated. i. Jonathan Swift wrote some verse that expresses Jonah’s frame of mind: We are God’s chosen few, All others will be damned; There is no place in heaven for
Jonah 4:2–3