Jonah 4
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But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.
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And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet
in my land? therefore I Gr. anticipated made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that you are merciful and compassionate,
long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repent of evil.
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And now, Or, sovereign Lord Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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And the Lord said to Jonas, Art you very much grieved?
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And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself
there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of
the city.
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And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a
shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great
joy for the gourd.
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And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered
away.
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And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind;
and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life,
and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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And God said to Jonas, Art you very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am
very much grieved, even to death.
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And the Lord said, You had pity on the gourd, for which you has not suffered, neither
did you rear it; which came up Or, little before before night, and perished before another night:
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and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads
of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also much
cattle?