Then they said to him, “Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?”

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying,

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.

Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”