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So he prayed to the Eternal.

Jonah has time to think of how greatly the Assyrians are oppressing Israel, and he can’t reconcile their deliverance.

Jonah: Eternal One, isn’t this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? This is exactly the reason I ran away to Tarshish in the first place. I know how You are! I know that You are not like other gods, that You are full of grace and compassion, that it takes a lot to make You angry, and that Your loyal love is so great that You are always ready to relent from inflicting misery.

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