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Jonah’s Displeasure Rebuked
But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.
But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.
Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Mercy
This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very angry.
This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very angry.
He prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.
So he complained to the LORD about it: “Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this, LORD? That is why I ran away to Tarshish! I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love. You are eager to turn back from destroying people.
“Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”
Just kill me now, LORD! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
The LORD said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”
The LORD replied, “Is it right for you to be angry about this?”
Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city.
Then Jonah went out to the east side of the city and made a shelter to sit under as he waited to see what would happen to the city.
So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.
And the LORD God arranged for a leafy plant to grow there, and soon it spread its broad leaves over Jonah’s head, shading him from the sun. This eased his discomfort, and Jonah was very grateful for the plant.
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
But God also arranged for a worm! The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.
When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life.”
And as the sun grew hot, God arranged for a scorching east wind to blow on Jonah. The sun beat down on his head until he grew faint and wished to die. “Death is certainly better than living like this!” he exclaimed.
Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”
Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?”
“Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”
“Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”
Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.
Then the LORD said, “You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly.
“Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?”