1 But it greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.

2 And he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore, in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that Thou art a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

3 “Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

4 And the LORD said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”

Jonah 4:1-4, New American Standard 1977. Copyright © 1977 by The Lockman Foundation.
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