Water encompassed me to the point of death. The deep flowed around me, Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

So now, Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

And when the sun came up God designated a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint, and he begged with all his soul to die, saying, “Death is better to me than life!”

But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to the point of death!”