When last we left Jonah, the LORD had instructed the great fish He appointed to swallow him to vomit the runaway prophet out upon dry land. We do not know how much time passed between the day the fish vomited out Jonah upon dry land and the moment “the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time.” Regardless of the time passed, from Jonah’s perspective it was déjà vu all over again.