Jonah

Jonah's two commissions

David A. Dorsey, The Literary Structure of the Old Testament

1. A
   Jonah commissioned to go to Nineveh: his disobedience1:1–3
2. B
   Jonah and the pagan sailors1:4–16
3. C
   Jonah's grateful, beautiful prayer1:17–2:10
4. A′
   Jonah recommissioned to go to Nineveh: his obedience3:1–3a
5. B′
   Jonah and the pagan Ninevites3:3b–10
6. C′
   Jonah's resentful, mean-spirited prayer4:1–4
7. X
   Climax: Yahweh's lesson for Jonah4:5–11