5. Jonah went out east of the city and sat down. He made a shelter for himself and sat in its shade, waiting to see what would happen to Nineveh.
6. Then the Lord God made a plant grow up over Jonah to give him some shade, so that he would be more comfortable. Jonah was extremely pleased with the plant.
7. But at dawn the next day, at God's command, a worm attacked the plant, and it died.
8. After the sun had risen, God sent a hot east wind, and Jonah was about to faint from the heat of the sun beating down on his head. So he wished he were dead. “I am better off dead than alive,” he said.
9. But God said to him, “What right have you to be angry about the plant?”Jonah replied, “I have every right to be angry — angry enough to die!”