Contradiction with Jonah 4:1
Illustrates Jonah's displeasure despite Nineveh's obedience, contrasting with God's command to go there.
Jonah 4:1: But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Contradiction with Jonah 1:3
Depicts Jonah fleeing from God's command initially, unlike his obedience in Jonah 3:1.
Jonah 1:3: But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Contradiction with Matthew 12:40-41
Jesus refers to Jonah's initial disobedience as a sign, contrasting his eventual compliance.
Matthew 12:40-41: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Contradiction with Jonah 1:2
Jonah is commanded the first time, which he disobeys, contradicting with subsequent obedience.
Jonah 1:2: Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
Contradiction with Ezekiel 14:14
References a different kind of obedient prophet, which contrasts Jonah's initial reluctance to follow God’s command.
Ezekiel 14:14: Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver [but] their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.