I wonder whether the parallels between Nineveh and the fish (great fish//great city; three days in the fish// three days journey) point to the fish symbolically representing the pagan nations who will both swallow Israel in judgment, and at the same time preserve Israel and "vomit" him back to the land in the return from exile.
No, I don't think I am either.
Check out Daniel's post here: http://christandcovenant.blogspot.com/2006/09/jonah.html
I wonder whether the parallels between Nineveh and the fish (great fish//great city; three days in the fish// three days journey) point to the fish symbolically representing the pagan nations who will both swallow Israel in judgment, and at the same time preserve Israel and "vomit" him back to the land in the return from exile.
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