But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
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Jonah 4:1–4
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But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
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He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, 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.
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Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
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The LORD said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
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