6 | Jonah
Jonah | 6
lant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to
p
ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy a bout the p
lant. But
at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which c hewed the p
lant
so that it withered. When the sun rose, God prov ided a scorching
east wind, and the sun b
lazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew f aint.
He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than
to live.”
But God said to Jonah, “Is it r ight for you to be angry about the
plant?”
“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this p
lant,
though you did not tend it or make it grow. It s prang up overnight
and died overnight. And s hould I not have concern for the g reat city
of Nineveh, in which t here are more than a hundred and twenty
thousand people who cannot tell t heir r ight hand from t heir left —
and also many animals?”
4:7–4:11
4:7–4:11