Jonah’s Anger and God’s Kindness
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. 2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, "Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I Jon. 1:3fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a Ex. 34:6; Num. 14:18; Ps. 86:5, 15; Joel 2:13gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. 3 1 Kin. 19:4; Job 6:8, 9Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for Jon. 4:8itis better for me to die than to live!"
4 Then the Lord said, "Isit right for you to be angry?"
10 But the Lord said, "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should I not pity Nineveh, Jon. 1:2; 3:2, 3that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons Deut. 1:39; Is. 7:16who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?"