Legacy Standard Bible

Jonah 4:1-4

Jonah’s Anger

4But this was a great evil to Jonah, and he became aangry. 2And he aprayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah! O Yahweh, was not this my word to myself while I was still in my own land? Therefore I went ahead to bflee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a cgracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning evil. 3So now, O Yahweh, please atake my 1life from me, for death is bbetter to me than life.” 4And Yahweh said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”