Jonah:4

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* But it was a great evil in Jonah ’s eyes , and he trembled and became furious . * And he prayed to Jehovah , and said , Please , O Jehovah , was this not my word while I was still in my own country ? On account of this , I fled to Tarshish before , for I knew that You are a gracious Mighty God and merciful , slow to anger , and of great kindness , and One who is moved to pity regarding inflicting evil . * And now , O Jehovah , please take my life from me . For it is better for me to die than to live . * And Jehovah said , Is it right for you to be angry ? * And Jonah went out from the city and sat to the east of the city . And there he made a booth for himself and sat under it in the shade until he should see what would become of the city . * And Jehovah God appointed a plant , and it came up over Jonah to be shade over his head , in order to deliver him from his misery . And Jonah rejoiced over the plant with great joy . * But God appointed a worm early as the next day dawned , and it struck the plant , and it withered . * And it happened when the sun rose , that God appointed a scorching east wind ; and the sun beat on Jonah ’s head , so that he fainted ; and he begged for his soul to die . And he said , It is better for me to die than to live . * And God said to Jonah , Is it right for you to be angry over the plant ? And he said , It is right for me to be angry , even to death . * Then Jehovah said , You have had pity on the plant for which you did not labor , nor made it grow , which came up in a night and perished in a night ; * and should I not have pity on Nineveh , the great city in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between the right and the left hand , and many cattle ?

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