Homilist Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.… The amazing interest God takes in mankind is shown — I. IN HIS REASONING WITH A MAN WHO IS IN A BAD TEMPER. Jonah was angry, and the intensity of his anger became so intolerable that he wished to die. Why was he angry? 1. Because of the Divine compassion shown to the Ninevites. 2. Because of the loss of a temporal blessing. II. IN HIS REASONING IN ORDER TO IMPRESS THIS MAN WITH THE REALITY OF HIS COMPASSION. The comparison between the plant and Nineveh may be expressed in three questions. 1. What is this plant to the men that inhabit Nineveh? 2. What is this one plant even to the unconscious infants at Nineveh! 3. What is one plant to even the irrational creatures in Nineveh! (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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