Jonah 4:1-4

Evangelical Heritage Version

The Lord Teaches Jonah a Lesson About Grace

4 But to Jonah all this seemed very bad, and he became very angry. ² He prayed to the Lord, “Lord, wasn’t this exactly what I said when I was still in my own country? That is why I previously fled to Tarshish, because I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and you relent from sending disaster. ³ So now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

⁴ But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”