Jonah 3:9

9 aWho knows? God may turn and relent band turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

Jonah 4:2

2And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? cThat is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a dgracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and erelenting from disaster.
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