Jonah 4:6-8

New Catholic Bible

The Last Lesson

⁶ The Lord God then ordained that a gourd plant should grow up above Jonah to cast shade over his head and relieve his discomfort. Jonah was very happy about this plant.

⁷ But at dawn the next day, God ordained that a worm should infest the gourd plant, and it withered. ⁸ Then, when the sun rose, God ordained that a scorching wind should blow from the east. The sun beat down on the head of Jonah to such an extent that he grew faint. Then he begged that he might die, saying, “I would be better off dead than alive.”