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Not necessarily. Rather than extrapolate things based on what Jonah was thinking using circumstantial evidence, perhaps we should take what he actually said into account.

Jonah: 4:1-2: 4 1 But to Jonah this [saving Ninevah] seemed very wrong, and he became angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord, "Isn't this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity."

He regretted the saving of Ninevah for very selfish reasons. God compelled him to leave his home and to prophesy to people of Ninevah. Jonah did not wish to actually do this and therefore, he fled. God then sent the fish after him that swallowed him and regurgitated later. He then made all of his way to Ninevah and delivered the prophecy. After all of that long ordeal, in Jonah's view, God should have at least completed the prophecy, In his view, all of the actions he took or were done to him were meaningless since God had already intended to save the city. It was a "why was I bothered to deal with this?" issue, not a humanitarian deficiency.

We also know that Job was not a fan of calamities befalling people because the second half of this statement specifically exalts God as a God who relents from sending calamities.

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