Jonah 4 — GMV

4 Verse 1 But Jonah was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded. ^{Verse 2} And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish; because I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil. ^{Verse 3} And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. ^{Verse 4} And the Lord said to Jonah, Art thou very much grieved? ^{Verse 5} And Jonah went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city. ^{Verse 6} And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonah, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonah rejoiced with great joy for the gourd. ^{Verse 7} And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away. ^{Verse 8} And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonah, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. ^{Verse 9} And God said to Jonah, Art thou very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death. ^{Verse 10} And the Lord said, Thou hadst pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not suffered, neither didst thou rear it; which came up before night, and perished before another night: ^{Verse 11} and shall not I spare Nineveh, the great city, in which dwell more than twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their left hand; and also much cattle?