Jonah is unique…the book is not about the words of a prophet, it’s a story about a prophet.
Jonah appears only one other time in the OT, during the reign of Jeroboam II, one of Israel’s worst kings. An evil guy, a bad guy. Jonah prophesied in his favor. Amos also prophesied against Jeroboam because of his awfulness. So, already we’re sort of skeptical of the prophet Jonah. It’s fascinating to me that God uses him anyway.
He ran the opposite direction.
Is it right for you to be angry about this?
The book was written for YOU.