But it greatly displeased
Jonah
and he became
aangry
.
He aprayed to the LORD
and said
, "Please
LORD
, was not this
1what
I said
while
I was still
in my own country
? Therefore
2in order to forestall
this I bfled
to Tarshish
, for I knew
that You are a cgracious
and compassionate
God
, slow
to anger
and abundant
in lovingkindness
, and one who relents
concerning
calamity
.
"Therefore now, O LORD
, please
atake
my 1life
from me, for death
is bbetter
to me than
life
."
The LORD said
, "Do you have good
reason
to be angry
?"
Then Jonah went
out from the city
and sat
east
of 1it. There
he made
a shelter
for himself and asat
under
it in the shade
until
he could see
what
would happen
in the city
.
So the LORD God
appointed
a 1plant
and it grew
up over
Jonah
to be a shade
over
his head
to deliver
him from his discomfort
. And Jonah
was 2extremely
happy
about
the 1plant
.
But God appointed
a worm
when dawn
came
the next
day
and it attacked
the plant
and it awithered
.
When the sun came
up God
appointed
a scorching
aeast
wind
, and the bsun
beat
down
on Jonah's
head
so that he became
faint
and begged
with all his soul
to die
, saying
, " cDeath
is better
to me than
life
."
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 the LORD said
, "You had
compassion
on the plant
for which
you did not work
and which you did not cause to grow
, which
1came
up overnight
and perished
2overnight
.
"Should I not ahave compassion
on Nineveh
, the great
city
in which
there
are more
than
120,000
persons
who
do not bknow
the difference between
their right
and left
hand
, as well as many
canimals
?"