He claimed that he knew all along that Jehovah would not bring calamity on Nineveh, even using that as an excuse for his running away to Tarshish in the first place.
سپس ادعا می‌کند که از قبل می‌دانست یَهُوَه نِینَوا را نابود نخواهد کرد .‏ حتی این موضوع را برای فرارش به تَرْشیش بهانه می‌کند .‏