‏ Jonah 4

1But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded. 2And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet inmy land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that you are merciful and compassionate,longsuffering, and abundant in kindness, and repent of evil. 3And now, Lord God, take my life from me; forit is better for me to die than to live. 4And the Lord said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved? 5And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himselfthere a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city. 6And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadowover his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd. 7And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it struck the gourd, and it withered away. 8And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind;and the sun struck on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said,It is better for me to die than to live. 9And God said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am verymuch grieved, even to death. 10And the Lord said, You had pity on the gourd, for which you has not suffered, neitherdid you rear it; which came up before night, and perished beforeanother night: 11and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriadsof human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; andalso much cattle?

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