Jonah 4:1
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, namely, that the Lord did not carry out His threat of punishment upon the people of Nineveh, AND HE WAS VERY ANGRY, provoked, filled with grief and vexation.... [ Continue Reading ]
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, namely, that the Lord did not carry out His threat of punishment upon the people of Nineveh, AND HE WAS VERY ANGRY, provoked, filled with grief and vexation.... [ Continue Reading ]
JONAH'S DISPLEASURE AND THE LORD'S REPROOF. That Jonah was easily swayed by his emotions is evident from the entire story of his book, but appears particularly from the last Chapter. At the same time, the Lord's patience in dealing with His erring children is brought out in a most remarkable manner... [ Continue Reading ]
And he prayed unto the Lord and said, I pray Thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, the argument which he had used within himself, WHEN I WAS YET IN MY COUNTRY? when lie first received the commission to go to Nineveh. THEREFORE I FLED BEFORE UNTO TARSHISH, that is, he anticipated the fruitlessness of... [ 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. "Jonah's impatience of life under disappointed hopes of Israel's reformation through the destruction of Nineveh is like that of Elijah at his plan for reforming Israel, 1 Kings 18, failing thro... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the Lord, in a preliminary, gentle reproof, DOEST THOU WELL TO BE ANGRY? Was there any justification for Jonah's attitude?... [ Continue Reading ]
So Jonah, still smarting under the displeasure which he felt, WENT OUT OF THE CITY AND SAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, choosing a place in its immediate neighborhood, AND THERE MADE HIM A BOOTH, a temporary hut of branches and leaves, AND SAT UNDER IT IN THE SHADOW, TILL HE MIGHT SEE WHAT WOULD BE... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord God prepared a gourd, the castor-oil plant, commonly called palm-crist, AND MADE IT TO COME UP OVER JONAH, the plant growing up very rapidly, with its large leaves quickly casting a pleasant coolness, THAT IT MIGHT BE A SHADOW OVER HIS HEAD, TO DELIVER HIM FROM HIS GRIEF, to cause his p... [ Continue Reading ]
But God, intending to teach Jonah a further lesson, PREPARED A WORM, appointing it to that end, WHEN THE MORNING ROSE THE NEXT DAY, at the breaking of the dawn, AND IT SMOTE THE GOURD THAT IT WITHERED, for it is a peculiarity of the castor-oil plant that it fades readily when injured.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind, blowing with a sultry heat; AND THE SUN BEAT UPON THE HEAD OF JONAH THAT HE FAINTED, overcome with the heat, AND WISHED IN HIMSELF TO DIE, the reaction once more being rapid and furious, AND SAID, IT IS BETTER FOR M... [ Continue Reading ]
And God, taking this opportunity to drive home His lesson, SAID TO JONAH, DOEST THOU WELL TO BE ANGRY FOR THE GOURD? AND HE SAID, with a sudden flare of bitterness, I DO WELL TO BE ANGRY, EVEN UNTO DEATH.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not labored, which had cost him no toil to rear, NEITHER MADEST IT GROW, Jonah not being obliged so much as to water it; WHICH CAME UP IN A NIGHT AND PERISHED IN A NIGHT, being, as the Hebrew has it, the son of a night, of... [ Continue Reading ]
and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein there are more than six-score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, that is, 120,000 infants, who could not be accused of any particular wrong-doing, AND ALSO MUCH CATTLE? This argument of Jehovah,... [ Continue Reading ]