Leading Question: What happens when a restless prophet is much less merciful than the God who sent him?

Comment: The official study guide does a wonderful job of stating the paradoxes of the book of Jonah:

“Here he was, a prophet of God, someone called of God, and yet—what? He runs away from God’s call. Then, after being persuaded in a dramatic way to change his mind and obey the Lord, he does so, but then only to do what? To complain that the people to whom he was called to witness actually repented and are spared the destruction that, otherwise, would ...