The Book of Jonah Prominently Features Humor and Irony Throughout

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The Answer is Students might bring up any of the following: (i) the double entendre of Jonah's message itself, which can either mean "Nineveh will be overthrown" or "Nineveh will repent"; (ii) the fact that the one time an Israelite prophet preaching a message of judgment is heeded is not by Israelites but by the hated Assyrians; (iii) the ridiculous idea of clothing all the Ninevite animals in sackcloth and those animals fasting; (iv) the humorous story of the worm; (v) the final line of the book, "and many cattle"; (vi) the idea that YHWH's concern extends even to the cattle of Nineveh, but because they are saved, Israel is doomed shortly afterwards.

The Book of Jonah Prominently Features Humor and Irony Throughout

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