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1 This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry. 2 He prayed to the LORD and said, |Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!--because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment. 3 So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!| 4 The LORD said, |Are you really so very angry?| 5 Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city. 6 The LORD God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery. Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant. Jonah 4:1-6, New English Translation. Copyright © 1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press.
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