Jonah 4:1-6

Christian Standard Bible

Jonah’s Anger

4 Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.^{(A) 2} He prayed to the Lord,^(B) “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place.^(C) I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,^(D) slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.^{(E) 3} And now, Lord, take my life from me,^(F) for it is better for me to die than to live.”^(G)

⁴ The Lord asked, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

⁵ Jonah left the city and found a place east of it.^(H) He made himself a shelter there and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city. ⁶ Then the Lord God appointed a plant, and it grew over Jonah to provide shade for his head to rescue him from his trouble.^[a] Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.