1 Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.4:1 Or It was exceedingly evil to Jonah, and he became angry2 So he prayed to the LORD, saying, "O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion — One who relents from sending disaster. 3 And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live."
4 But the LORD replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"
5 Then Jonahleft the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city. 6 So the LORD God appointed a vine,4:6 Hebrew qiqayon; that is, possibly the castor oil plant; also in verses 7, 9, and 10 and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonahwas greatly pleased with the plant.
7 When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
8 As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, "It is better for me to die than to live."
9 Then God asked Jonah, "Have you any right to be angry about the plant?"
"I do," he replied. "I am angry enough to die!"
10 But the LORD said, "You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night. 11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?"
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Jonah, the son of Amittai, was the prophet of Gath-hepher who fled from the Lord toward Tarshish, was hurled into the sea, and afterward proclaimed in Nineveh that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).
Tarshish is the place where the king’s trading ships went with the servants of Hiram and from which they returned, once every three years, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks (2 Chronicles 9:21).
Jonah, the son of Amittai, was the prophet of Gath-hepher who fled from the Lord toward Tarshish, was hurled into the sea, and afterward proclaimed in Nineveh that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).
Jonah, the son of Amittai, was the prophet of Gath-hepher who fled from the Lord toward Tarshish, was hurled into the sea, and afterward proclaimed in Nineveh that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).
Jonah, the son of Amittai, was the prophet of Gath-hepher who fled from the Lord toward Tarshish, was hurled into the sea, and afterward proclaimed in Nineveh that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).
Jonah, the son of Amittai, was the prophet of Gath-hepher who fled from the Lord toward Tarshish, was hurled into the sea, and afterward proclaimed in Nineveh that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).
Jonah, the son of Amittai, was the prophet of Gath-hepher who fled from the Lord toward Tarshish, was hurled into the sea, and afterward proclaimed in Nineveh that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).
Nineveh is the great city of Assyria where Jonah was sent to preach against the wickedness that had come up before God; there he proclaimed that the city would be overthrown in forty days (Jonah 3:4).