⁴ But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. ^(A)And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion

4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,^[a] and ^(A)he was angry. ² And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? ^(B)That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ^(C)gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and ^(D)relenting from disaster. ^3 (E)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, ^(F)for it is better for me to die than to live.” ⁴ And the Lord said, ^(G)“Do you do well to be angry?”

⁹ But God said to Jonah, ^(A)“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”