Jonah 4:1-4

Christian Standard Bible

Jonah’s Anger

4 Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.^{(A) 2} He prayed to the Lord,^(B) “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place.^(C) I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,^(D) slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.^{(E) 3} And now, Lord, take my life from me,^(F) for it is better for me to die than to live.”^(G)

⁴ The Lord asked, “Is it right for you to be angry?”