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Jonah 4

Jonah's Displeasure Rebuked

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But it greatlyh1419 displeasedh7489a Jonahh3124 and he becameh2734  aangryh2734.

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He  aprayedh6419 to the LORDh3068 and saidh559, "Pleaseh577 LORDh3068, was not thish2088  1whath1697 I saidh1696 whileh5704 I was stillh5704 in my own countryh127? Thereforeh5921h3651  2in order to forestallh6923 this I  bfledh1272 to Tarshishh8659, for I knewh3045 that You are a  cgracioush2587 and compassionateh7349 Godh410, slowh750 to angerh639 and abundanth7227a in lovingkindnessh2617a, and one who relentsh5162 concerningh5921 calamityh7463a.

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"Therefore nowh6258, O LORDh3068, pleaseh4994  atakeh3947 my  1lifeh5315 from me, for deathh4194 is  bbetterh2896a to me thanh4480 lifeh2425b."

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The LORDh3068 saidh559, "Do you have goodh3190 reasonh3190 to be angryh2734?"

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Then Jonahh3124 wenth3318 out from the cityh5892b and sath3427 easth6924a of  1it. Thereh8033 he madeh6213a a shelterh5521 for himself and  asath3427 underh8478 it in the shadeh6738 untilh5704h834 he could seeh7200 whath4100 would happenh1961 in the cityh5892b.

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So the LORDh3068 Godh430 appointedh4487 a  1planth7021 and it grewh5927 up overh4480h5921 Jonahh3124 to be a shadeh6738 overh5921 his headh7218 to deliverh5337 him from his discomforth7463a. And Jonahh3124 was  2extremelyh8057h1419 happyh8055 abouth5921 the  1planth7021.

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But Godh430 appointedh4487 a wormh8439b when dawnh7837 cameh5927 the nexth4283 dayh4283 and it attackedh5221 the planth7021 and it  awitheredh3001.

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When the sunh8121 cameh2224 up Godh430 appointedh4487 a scorchingh2759  aeasth6921 windh7307, and the  bsunh8121 beath5221 downh5221 on Jonah'sh3124 headh7218 so that he becameh5968 fainth5968 and beggedh7592 with all his soulh5315 to dieh4191, sayingh559, " cDeathh4194 is betterh2896a to me thanh4480 lifeh2425b."

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Then Godh430 saidh559 to Jonahh3124, "Do you have goodh3190 reasonh3190 to be angryh2734 abouth5921 the planth7021?" And he saidh559, "I have goodh3190 reasonh3190 to be angryh2734, even to deathh4194."

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Then the LORDh3068 saidh559, "You hadh2347 compassionh2347 on the planth7021 for whichh834 you did not workh5998 and which you did not cause to growh1431, whichh7945  1cameh1961 up overnighth1121h3915 and perishedh6  2overnighth1121h3915.

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"Should I not  ahaveh2347 compassionh2347 on Ninevehh5210, the greath1419 cityh5892b in whichh834 thereh3426 are moreh7235a thanh4480 120,000h8147h6240h7239 personsh120 whoh834 do not  bknowh3045 the difference betweenh996 their righth3225 and lefth8040 handh8040, as well as manyh7227a  canimalsh929?"



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