Bible Truth: God's great power was witnessed by many.
Our scriptures are explaining about how people were casting lots in other words they were choosing who was God going to choose to send to go and preach against the city of Nineveh. When they cast lots it fell upon Jonah. When they found out that it was Jonah, they questioned him saying what is his occupation, when did he come there, what country did he come from, and what kind of people were he from. He responded saying he was a Hebrew and he was on man that feared the Lord. When he told them that, they became afraid and knew that Jonah fled from the presence of the Lord because he told them.
The other people were thinking of Jonah’s punishment for not obeying