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1. But Jonah was not pleased at all, and he became angry.
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1. But it displeased H7489 H413 Jonah H3124 exceedingly H7451 H1419 , and he was very angry H2734 .
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2. He prayed to the Lord and said, "O Lord, is this not what I said You would do while still in my own country? That is why I ran away to Tarshish. For I knew that You are a kind and loving God Who shows pity. I knew that You are slow to anger and are filled with loving-kindness, always ready to change Your mind and not punish.
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2. And he prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , I pray thee H577 , O LORD H3068 , was not H3808 this H2088 my saying H1697 , when I was H1961 yet H5704 in H5921 my country H127 ? Therefore H5921 H3651 I fled H1272 before H6923 unto Tarshish H8659 : for H3588 I knew H3045 that H3588 thou H859 art a gracious H2587 God H410 , and merciful H7349 , slow H750 to anger H639 , and of great H7227 kindness H2617 , and repentest H5162 thee of H5921 the evil H7451 .
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3. So now, O Lord, take my life from me. For death is better to me than life."
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3. Therefore now H6258 , O LORD H3068 , take H3947 , I beseech thee H4994 , H853 my life H5315 from H4480 me; for H3588 it is better H2896 for me to die H4194 than to live H4480 H2416 .
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4. And the Lord said, "Have you any reason to be angry?"
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4. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 , Doest thou well H3190 to be angry H2734 ?
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5. Then Jonah left the city and sat to the east of the city. There he made a tent for himself, and sat in its shadow until he could see what would happen in the city.
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5. So Jonah H3124 went out H3318 of H4480 the city H5892 , and sat H3427 on the east side H4480 H6924 of the city H5892 , and there H8033 made H6213 him a booth H5521 , and sat H3427 under H8478 it in the shadow H6738 , till H5704 he might see H7200 what H4100 would become H1961 of the city H5892 .
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6. Then the Lord God made a plant grow up over Jonah to cover him from the hot sun and to stop his suffering. Jonah was very happy about the plant.
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6. And the LORD H3068 God H430 prepared H4487 a gourd H7021 , and made it to come up H5927 over H4480 H5921 Jonah H3124 , that it might be H1961 a shadow H6738 over H5921 his head H7218 , to deliver H5337 him from his grief H4480 H7451 . So Jonah H3124 was H8055 exceeding glad H1419 H8057 of H5921 the gourd H7021 .
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7. But at the beginning of the next day, God sent a worm to destroy the plant and it dried up.
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7. But God H430 prepared H4487 a worm H8438 when the morning H7837 rose H5927 the next day H4283 , and it smote H5221 H853 the gourd H7021 that it withered H3001 .
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8. When the sun came up, God sent a hot east wind. And the sun's heat came upon Jonah's head so that he became weak and begged with all his heart to die. He said, "Death is better to me than life."
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8. And it came to pass H1961 , when the sun H8121 did arise H2224 , that God H430 prepared H4487 a vehement H2759 east H6921 wind H7307 ; and the sun H8121 beat H5221 upon H5921 the head H7218 of Jonah H3124 , that he fainted H5968 , and wished H7592 in H854 himself H5315 to die H4191 , and said H559 , It is better H2896 for me to die H4194 than to live H4480 H2416 .
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9. Then God said to Jonah, "Do you have a good reason to be angry about the plant?" And Jonah said, "I have a good reason to be angry, angry enough to die."
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9. And God H430 said H559 to H413 Jonah H3124 , Doest thou well H3190 to be angry H2734 for H5921 the gourd H7021 ? And he said H559 , I do well H3190 to be angry H2734 , even unto H5704 death H4194 .
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10. The Lord said, "You had loving-pity on the plant which you did not work for. You did not cause it to grow. It came up during the night and died during the night.
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10. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 , Thou H859 hast had pity H2347 on H5921 the gourd H7021 , for the which H834 thou hast not H3808 labored H5998 , neither H3808 madest it grow H1431 ; which came up H1961 in H7945 H1121 a night H3915 , and perished H6 in H1121 a night H3915 :
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11. And should I not have loving-pity for Nineveh, the large city where more than 120,000 people live who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?"
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11. And should not H3808 I H589 spare H2347 H5921 Nineveh H5210 , that great H1419 city H5892 , wherein H834 are H3426 more H7235 than sixscore thousand H4480 H8147 H6240 H7239 persons H120 that H834 cannot H3808 discern H3045 between H996 their right hand H3225 and their left hand H8040 ; and also much H7227 cattle H929 ?
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