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Jonah 4:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm. "

Jonah 4:2

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1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

2 He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.

3 Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

4 The LORD said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

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From This Chapter

Jonah 4:1

"But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry."

Jonah 4:3

"Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”"

Jonah 4:4

"The LORD said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”"

Jonah 4:5

"Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city."

Jonah 4:6

"The LORD God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine."

Jonah 4:7

"But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered."

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