Jonah Responds to God’s Kindness
1This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.
2He prayed to the
3So now,
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5Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city.
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7So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.
8When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, “I would rather die than live!”
9God said to Jonah, “Are you really so very angry about the little plant?” And he said, “I am as angry as I could possibly be!”
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11Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”