Jonah 3:9-4:4

English Standard Version

^9 (A)Who knows? God may turn and relent ^(B)and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

¹⁰ When God saw what they did, ^(C)how they turned from their evil way, ^(D)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 ^(E)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? ^(F)That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ^(G)gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and ^(H)relenting from disaster. ^3 (I)Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, ^(J)for it is better for me to die than to live.” ⁴ And the Lord said, ^(K)“Do you do well to be angry?”