Jonah 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head… Learn — 1. That all our comforts, small and great, come from God. 2. As our comforts, so also do our trials, come from God. 3. Every gourd of earth, every enjoyment here, has a worm at its root. 4. There is a plant, better than any gourd of earth, under the shadow of which we may live in peace and die in hope.That plant is Christ. (E. Blencowe, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. |
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