Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?"
This book began with Jonah running away from God; "And when the book is over, Jonah is still rebelling against God."[24]  He is not any longer running away, but he is far away from him in mind and spirit.