Jonah Quotes

“Thus Jonah was struck by the inner anxiety and fear that men should regard him a liar and what seems even worse is that his own reputation was more important to him than the salvation of precious men.”
― Gerhard F. Hansel, Jonah: Messenger of the Eleventh Hour

“Jonah, on the other hand, did not wish to live any longer because God had not carried out His threat against the hated Ninevites. His weariness of life arose, not like Elijah’s from stormy zeal for the honor of God and His kingdom, but from the motivation of the nonfulfillment of his prophecy. This vexation was caused by his fear of being regarded as a false prophet and by the fact that he was jealous of his reputation.”
― Gerhard F. Hansel, Jonah: Messenger of the Eleventh Hour