Jonah never wanted to deliver God’s warning of imminent destruction to the people of Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. Well-known for their violence and terrible cruelty, the Assyrians were a direct threat to the Israelites. Jonah saw Nineveh as his enemy, so when the Ninevites repented and God relented from punishing them, he was furious. Jonah is a counterexample of what it means to love our enemies. He didn’t want his enemies to receive the same mercy and grace