Episode 111 - Jonah the Reluctant Prophet, Part 2
Episode Summary
In this episode, Jonah is in the belly of the big fish for three days and nights. The good news is that he did not drown. The bad news is that he compares his new digs to Sheol or The Pit, the world of the dead. Nevertheless, he prays during this ordeal. The prayer is alternately ironic, hypocritical, and sincere. The prayer ends not with an Amen, but with the sound of the big fish’s belch. After this, he ends in Nineveh, this time listening to God. Once there, he proclaims that in 40 days Nineveh will be “inverted,” meaning that things might go bad or good for them, depending on their response. The response is good because every last person repented from their evil or violent ways, thus prompting God’s relenting of the judgment. Even the Assyrian cows got religion!
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