The Power of Jonah

The author of Jonah turns these parables into a narrative about one Israelite who through their life, story and through their experience actually lives this whole story in this narrative form before. And so look at how this Psalms, Psalm 124, looks backward on this story. Look at the metaphors they used. It says, if the Lord had not been on our side, when people rose against us, they would have swallowed us alive. In other words, the biblical author knows exactly what he's doing.