[1] But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry. [2] And he made
prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was
still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish:
for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be
angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.
[3] So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for
death is better for me than life. [4] And the Lord said, Have you any right
to be angry? [5] Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the
east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat
under its shade till he saw what would become of the town. [6] And the Lord
God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And
Jonah was very glad because of the vine. [7] But early on the morning
after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became
dry and dead. [8] Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind:
and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome,
and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.
[9] And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the
vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry. [10] And the Lord
said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the
growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came
to an end in a night; [11] And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that
great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand
persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as
much cattle?
