Haimo of Auxerre

The prophet is animated with good hope, and now secure about his liberation, he promises that he will sacrifice thanksgiving and that he will fulfill all vows.

This is not uttered with reproach, nor is he asked, "Why did you not do what I commanded?" Indeed the hard correction of being shipwrecked and being swallowed was sufficient.

Jonah arose, it says; he did not delay, but immediately made himself ready for obeying.

For if the world is converted, God is converted; and when the sinners change their life, He will change His sentence.

Partly Jonah prays, partly he complains, saying he did not wish to flee.

Jonah understood that Israel would be destroyed. For the Lord did not say, "You are angered evilly," lest He seem to blame the saddened man; on the other hand, He did not say, "You are angered rightly," lest He be contrary to His own sentence. Therefore, He questions him concerning the causes of his grief, in order that he may answer, or if he were silent, he may by his silence confirm the judgment of God.

For the good are understood by the right hand, bad by the left.