Jonah Chapter 4
Jonah was straight-up vibing, but then he got super heated, like, no cap.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
So he was like, "Listen, Lord, was this my whole vibe when I was chilling back in my hometown? That’s why I bounced to Tarshish; I knew you were all about that grace and forgiveness, slow to anger and hella kind."
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, {was} not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou {art} a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
He was like, "Lord, just end it for me; it’s better to peace out than stick around like this."
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for {it is} better for me to die than to live.
Then God was like, "Are you really good with being mad though?"
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? {Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?}
Jonah dipped out of the city, set up a little hangout on the east side, and chilled to see what would go down with the city.
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
God hooked Jonah up with a plant to give him shade, and Jonah was living for that plant, fr.
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made {it} to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. {gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon} {was...: Heb. rejoiced with great joy}
But then God sent a worm the next morning, and it totally wrecked the plant, making it dry up.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
When the sun was up, God sent a savage east wind, and Jonah was feeling it hard, wishing he could just dip out, saying it’s better to die than deal with this.
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, {It is} better for me to die than to live. {vehement: or, silent}
God hit Jonah with, "You really mad about the plant though?" Jonah came back with, "I’m completely justified to be angry, even if it takes me out."
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. {Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?} {I do well...: or, I am greatly angry}
The Lord said, "You’re bummed about the plant you didn’t even grind for, that just popped up and died in a day."
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: {had pity: or, spared} {came...: Heb. was the son of the night}
"Shouldn’t I show love to Nineveh, that huge city with over 120,000 people who can’t even figure out left from right, not to mention all the animals?"
And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and {also} much cattle?