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So he prayed to Yahweh, “Yahweh, isn’t this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That’s why I tried to run to Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate El, patient, and always ready to forgive and to reconsider your threats of destruction. So now, Yahweh, take my life. I’d rather be dead than alive.”

Yahweh asked, “What right do you have to be angry?”

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He prayed to the Lord, “Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew(A) that you are a gracious(B) and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love,(C) a God who relents(D) from sending calamity.(E) Now, Lord, take away my life,(F) for it is better for me to die(G) than to live.”(H)

But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”(I)

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