1. BUT IT displeased Jonah exceedingly and he was very angry.
2. And he prayed to the Lord and said, I pray You, O Lord, is not this just what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and [when sinners turn to You and meet Your conditions] You revoke the [sentence of] evil against them. [Exod. 34:6.]
3. Therefore now, O Lord, I beseech You, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
4. Then said the Lord, Do you do well to be angry?