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What does Jonah 4:1 mean?
"But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry."
— Jonah 4:1 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
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