Jonah 4:2

² He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.

Flight

Flight, as in Matthew 14:20, signifies removal from a state of the good of love and innocence.

214. Internal Meaning of Jonah, Chapter 4

1-4 The Jewish nation became very angry at the salvation of the nations. (2)

5-11 A representation of their being inflamed thereat. (2)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.