³ So now, O Yahweh, please ^(A)take my ^[a]life from me, for death is ^(B)better to me than life.”

⁸ Then it happened that as the sun rose up, God appointed a scorching ^(A)east wind, and the ^(B)sun struck down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and asked with all his soul to die and said, “^(C)Death is better to me than life.”