one notable similarity. Although Nineveh had repented, God was in no way obliged to deliver the city because they ‘turned from their evil way’, but spared them out of pure grace. God acts with grace toward both Nineveh and Jonah, underlining once again the compassionate character so forcefully presented at the beginning of Jonah 4. In a word, Jonah is not able to accord God the sovereignty to pour out his grace on his fallen image-bearers without discrimination.42 This is very closely