Jonah later wrote: “The true God got to see their works, that they had turned back from their bad way; and so the true God felt regret over the calamity that he had spoken of causing to them; and he did not cause it. ” ​ — Jonah 3: 10.
كتب يونان في وقت لاحق :‏ « لما رأى الله اعمالهم ،‏ انهم رجعوا عن طريقهم الرديئة ،‏ تأسف الله على البلية التي قال انه ينزلها بهم ،‏ ولم ينزلها » .‏ —‏ يونان ٣ :‏ ١٠‏ .‏