Jonah 4:1 — Meaning and Application

Jonah 4:2

"And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, {was} not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou {art} a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil."

Jonah 4:3

"Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for {it is} better for me to die than to live."

Jonah 4:4

"Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? {Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?}"

Jonah 4:5

"So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city."

Jonah 4:6

"And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made {it} to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. {gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon} {was...: Heb. rejoiced with great joy}"