He (A)prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this [a]what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore [b]in order to forestall this I (B)fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a (C)gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:2 Lit my word
  2. Jonah 4:2 Lit I was beforehand in fleeing