Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.
"Made him a booth ..."  "This was a rough structure made of poles and leaves, like those of the Feast of Tabernacle."[16]  Jonah evidently expected to stay a considerable time, yet hoping for the overthrow of hated Nineveh.  Although Jonah had already decided that God would spare the city, he was not yet certain of it; and as long as there was hope of its destruction, he would wait.  Sure, he knew that Nineveh had repented; but there were examples in God's dealings with Israel in which severe punishment was inflicted even after repentance  (2 Samuel 12:10-14); and perhaps Jonah hoped for that pattern to be followed in the case of Nineveh. In any case, there he was, as full of derogatory thoughts about Nineveh as ever, and intently hoping for its utter destruction.  As a prophetic type of the old Israel, this attitude of Jonah indicated the hatred which the Jews of the times of Jesus would exhibit against any idea of salvation for the Gentiles.  As Barnes stated it, "He prefigured the carnal people of Israel, for these too were sad at the salvation of the Gentiles."[17]