Jonah 3:10-4:5

English Standard Version

¹⁰ When God saw what they did, ^(A)how they turned from their evil way, ^(B)God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

Jonah's Anger and the Lord's Compassion

4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly,^[a] and ^(C)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? ^(D)That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ^(E)gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and ^(F)relenting from disaster. ^3 (G)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, ^(H)for it is better for me to die than to live.” ⁴ And the Lord said, ^(I)“Do you do well to be angry?”

⁵ Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city and ^(J)made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.