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Jonah 4:2-6

Jonah 4:2

Then he prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was this not what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore in anticipation of this I fled to Tarshish, since I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and One who relents of disaster.

Jonah 4:3

So now, Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

Jonah 4:4

But the Lord said, “Do you have a good reason to be angry?”

Jonah 4:5

Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade, until he could see what would happen in the city.

Jonah 4:6

So the Lord God designated a plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to relieve him of his discomfort. And Jonah was overjoyed about the plant.