An Angry Prophet’s Prayer

It would certainly be wrong to credit Jonah for what he did not do. But it would also be unfair to accuse him of sins which he did not commit. He is to be rebuked for fleeing to Tarshish when called to go to preach in Nineveh. God's visitation upon him in that raging storm at sea and his own words to the sailors reveal his sinfulness. He may also be rebuked for not going to Nineveh as soon as the fish spewed him out on dry land. But we err if we say that he did not rejoice in the fact that...