Confused, humiliated, and unable to understand God's purpose in sparing Nineveh, Jonah nevertheless had fulfilled the commission given him to warn that great city; and though the event predicted did not come to pass, yet the 273 message of warning was nonetheless from God. And it accomplished the purpose God designed it should. The glory of His grace was revealed among the heathen. Those who had long been sitting "in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron," "cried unto the Lord in their trouble," and "He saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder." "He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." Psalm 107:10, 13, 14, 20.

Skønt Jonas var forvirret, ydmyget og ude af stand til at forstå, hvorfor Gud skånede Nineve, havde han dog løst den opgave, som var blevet tildelt ham, og advaret den store by. Skønt det ikke gik som forudsagt, var advarselsbudskabet alligevel fra Gud. Det havde også den virkning, som Gud havde tilsigtet. Hans nådes herlighed blev åbenbaret blandt hedningerne. De, der længe havde siddet i "mulm og mørke, bundne i pine og jern", "råbte til Herren i nøden" og "han frelste dem af deres trængsler, førte dem ud af mørket og mulmet og sønderrev deres bånd". Han "sendte sit ord og lægede dem og frelste deres liv fra graven." Sl. 107,10.13-14. og 20.