Yes. He repented while in the belly of the whale. He said that he would go to Nineveh and preach His message.
Jonah
Jonah delivered a message of impending destruction to the people of Nineveh if they did not repent of their wicked ways.
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The Old Testament prophet Jonah is recorded as having ministered there. This is found in the book of Jonah. His ministry was most effective, much to his disappointment, since he evidently hated the Ninevites. However, they repented and thus were saved for a time, although they evidently later returned to the same behavior.
In the Bible story, God instructed Jonah to go to the city of Nineveh and warn its people to repent for their sins.
Jonah warned Nineveh that their city would be destroyed in 40 days if they did not repent and turn away from their wicked ways.
There is no Jewish connection to the Gentile city of Nineveh in Iraq, other than the fact that it was the setting for the Book of Jonah. Jonah went to Nineveh to get the people to repent.
The resolution of the story of Jonah in the Bible occurs when Jonah follows God's command to preach to the people of Nineveh, who ultimately repent and are spared from destruction. Despite Jonah's initial resistance and disobedience, he learns about God's mercy and compassion through the events that unfold in Nineveh.
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης (profétés) meaning "advocate", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and to speak for them.Yes Jonah was a prophet, sent by God to warn the Ninevites to repent.
Jonah went in totally the opposite direction to the West by sea instead of by land to the East, since he hated the people of Nineveh, the Assyrians, and did not want to obey and preach to them. These people were noted for their cruelty to those people who they conquered, and even though they thus needed to repent and change their behavior, Jonah did not want them to do so. He wanted them to be destroyed. He was afraid that if he preached God's message they would repent and so be saved.
Jonah was to deliver a judgement message to the Assyrian city of Nineveh (Jonah 1:2) saying that unless they repented and turned around to doing good, God would destroy them (Jonah 3:1-4). Amazingly, they listened, obeyed and were saved for a time.(Jonah 3:5+10)
Jonah and Nahum are both minor prophets in the Bible who prophesied about the city of Nineveh. Jonah was sent to preach to the people of Nineveh to repent, while Nahum prophesied about the city's destruction due to its wickedness. Both prophets address the same city but with different messages, highlighting the themes of repentance and judgment in the Bible.