וַיַּחְתְּר֣וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים לְהָשִׁ֛יב אֶל־הַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה וְלֹ֣א יָכֹ֑לוּ כִּ֣י הַיָּ֔ם הוֹלֵ֥ךְ וְסֹעֵ֖ר עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
那些人竭力划船，想把船划回陸地，卻划不回去，因為海浪越來越洶湧，向他們撲來。
Tikkunei Zohar
[The men wanted to return to the land (Jonah 1:13) in teshuvah and "were not able because the sea" which is the decree of judgment "was growing more and more stormy around them"]