World English Bible (WEB)
"It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." "
God's mercy extends even to Israel's enemies, as Jonah reluctantly learns.
Old Testament • Book #32
The Lord God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his h...
Jonah 4:7But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
Jonah 4:9God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angr...
Jonah 4:10The Lord said, "You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made i...
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