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 prevented it to flee unto [a]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.

Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life [b]from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.

Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be [c]angry?

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:2 Read Jonah 1:3.
  2. Jonah 4:3 Thus he prayed of grief fearing lest God’s Name by this forgiveness might be blasphemed, as though he sent his Prophets forth to denounce his judgments in vain.
  3. Jonah 4:4 Wilt thou be judge when I do things for my glory, and when I do not?

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