But this was a great evil to Jonah, and he became ^aangry. 2 And he ^aprayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah! O Yahweh, was not this my word to myself while I was still in my own land? Therefore I went ahead to ^bflee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a ^cgracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning evil. 3 So now, O Yahweh, please ^atake my ¹life from me, for death is ^bbetter to me than life.” 4 And Yahweh said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”

5 Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of the city. And there he made a booth for himself and ^asat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. 6 So Yahweh God appointed a ¹plant, and it came up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his miserable evil. And Jonah was ²extremely glad about the plant. 7 But God appointed a worm at the ¹breaking of dawn the next day, and it struck the plant, and ²it ^adried up. 8 Then it happened that as the sun rose up, God appointed a scorching ^aeast wind, and the ^bsun struck down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and asked with all his soul to die and said, “^cDeath is better to me than life.”

9 Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.” 10 Then Yahweh said, “You had pity on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which ¹came to be overnight and perished ²overnight. 11 So should I not ^ahave pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not ^bknow the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many ^1canimals?”

But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became ^aangry. 2 He ^aprayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was not this ¹what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore ²in order to forestall this I ^bfled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a ^cgracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. 3 Therefore now, O LORD, please ^atake my ¹life from me, for death is ^bbetter to me than life.” 4 The LORD said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”

5 Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of ¹it. There he made a shelter for himself and ^asat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. 6 So the LORD God appointed a ¹plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was ²extremely happy about the ³plant. 7 But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it ^awithered. 8 When the sun came up God appointed a scorching ^aeast wind, and the ^bsun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, “^cDeath is better to me than life.”

9 Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.” 10 Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which ¹came up overnight and perished ²overnight. 11 Should I not ^ahave compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not ^bknow the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many ^canimals?”