2460.—As Regards Jonah.—M. M.—The SIGNS OF THE TIMES has no question in regard to the record concerning Jonah, nor do we believe, as your Jewish neighbors express, that God lied to the prophet. If you will read in connection with the prophet's message to Nineveh Jer. 17:7-10, you will there see that the Lord has certain conditions upon which His blessings are given or withholden. Nineveh complied with those conditions. God turned away from the punishment that He thought to bring upon the city according to His own principles of right-doing. If they had not repented, He would have destroyed them. We can find no better explanation of the many passages of scripture than the conditions laid down in the passage above referred to.