Jonah dove

To Nineveh. Jonah was sent to warn the Assyrian city of Nineveh that the Lord was planning to destroy them. He ran away and boarded a ship going in the opposite direction. After being thrown off the ship and spending three days and nights inside a fish, Jonah agreed to deliver the message.

The people of Nineveh repented of their evil deeds and were not destroyed. Jonah was angry with the Lord for sparing them. But the Lord is compassionate. He cares about people. Even those who are not in a covenant with Him. Nineveh’s repentance did not last. According to Nahum, the city was destroyed about 100 years later.