“Then Jonah
Went out of the city.
He sat down
East of the city.
He made a booth
For himself there.
He sat under it
In the shade.
He was waiting
To see
What would become
Of the city.”
Jonah then went outside Nineveh on the east side of the city to see what was going to happen. He made a tent or a booth to get some shade from the sun. He sat there awaiting the eventual future of the city of Nineveh.