But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. BUT IT DISPLEASED JONAH EXCEEDINGLY, AND HE WAS VERY ANGRY - literally, hot, probably with grief or vexation rather than anger (Fairbairn). Jonah's repugnance to the mission to Nineveh was probably mistaken patriotism, which set the welf... [ Continue Reading ]
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. AND HE PRAYED UNTO... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. THEREFORE NOW, O LORD, TAKE, I BESEECH THEE, MY LIFE FROM ME; FOR IT IS BETTER FOR ME TO DIE THAN TO LIVE. Jonah's impatience of life under disappointed hopes of Israel's reformation throu... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? THEN SAID THE LORD, DOEST THOU WELL TO BE ANGRY? - or grieved; margin, 'Art thou greatly, or much, angry,' or 'grieved?' (Fairbairn, with the Septuagint and the Syriac.) But the English version suits the spirit of the passage. The Hebrew [ haheeyT... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. SO JONAH WENT OUT OF THE CITY, AND SAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, AND THERE MADE HIM A BOOTH - i:e., a temporary hu... [ Continue Reading ]
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. GOURD - Hebrew, qiyqaayown (H7021); the Egyptian kiki, the 'ricinus' or castor oil plant, commonly called palm-c... [ Continue Reading ]
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. BUT GOD PREPARED A WORM - of a particular kind, deadly to the ricinus. A small worm at the root destroys a large gourd. So it takes but little to make our creature-comforts wither. It should sile... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE SUN DID ARISE, THAT GOD PREPARED A VEHEMENT... [ Continue Reading ]
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. AND GOD SAID TO JONAH, DOEST THOU WELL TO BE ANGRY FOR THE GOURD? - (note, ). I DO WELL TO BE ANGRY, EVEN UNTO DEATH - `I am very much grieved, even to death' (Fairbairn). So... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: THOU HAST HAD PITY ON THE GOURD, FOR THE WHICH THOU HAST NOT LABOURED, NEITHER MADEST IT GROW; WHICH CAME UP IN A NIGHT, AND PERISH... [ Continue Reading ]