Why wouldn't God agree with him?
In Jonah's opinion... After Jonah ran from God, he couldn’t escape because God deposited him in a large fish’s stomach, deep in the ocean. A prophet in a dark place, he knew God was his last resort, and he prayed, realizing his survival required trusting Someone he’d abandoned. Wow! That was quite drastic, but Jonah was so antagonist, he needed a mighty shakeup before God would grab his undivided attention. Although God could have let Jonah die, God commanded the fish to vomit Jonah onto dry land. Smelly, dishevelled and pocked marked from the fish’s stomach juices, God commissioned Jonah a second time to go to Nineveh, a great and evil city where crime and violence ran rampant. Undesirable and ugly, Jonah became a conspicuous prophet. He delivered a simple but ominous warning. On the first day Jonah entered Nineveh, he proclaimed this message: “Forty days and Nineveh will be overturned.” The message reached the king of Nineveh's ears...