Jonah 4:6-8

The Voice

⁶ Then the Eternal God chose a gourd plant to grow up and to shade Jonah from the discomfort of the intense heat. The large, thick leaves of this vine made Jonah very, very happy. ⁷ But at dawn the next day, God chose a worm to chew through the gourd’s vine; that night, it shriveled. ⁸ Then when the sun rose, God chose a scorching east wind to blow. As the sun beat down from a cloudless sky on Jonah’s head, he became faint. Again, he asked to die.