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Jonah analyzes and interpreting the Hebrew text of Jonah—allowing pastors to quickly grasp the big ideas of each passage and how they fit in Jonah and the Old Testament’s greater context. Kevin J. Youngblood demonstrates the many linguistic connections between words and expressions in the book of Jonah itself, as well as within many other passages in both the Old and New Testaments.

connection suggests that Jonah’s real goal is not death, but a reversal of YHWH’s decision to spare Nineveh. All of the preceding references to Exod 32–34 have been preparing the reader for Jonah’s ironic identification with Moses and for his dramatic appeal for a rescinding of YHWH’s clemency. The verb “and he said” (wayyōʾmer) briefly returns to the narrative’s mainline to introduce YHWH’s response to Jonah. The response takes the form of a question,
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