7. But the next day when the sun rose, God sent a worm to attack the plant so that it died.
8. As the sun rose higher in the sky, God sent a very hot east wind to blow, and the sun became so hot on Jonah’s head that he became very weak and wished he were dead. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9. But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry about the plant?”Jonah answered, “It is right for me to be angry! I am so angry I could die!”
10. And the Lord said, “You are so concerned for that plant even though you did nothing to make it grow. It appeared one day, and the next day it died.
11. Then shouldn’t I show concern for the great city Nineveh, which has more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know right from wrong, and many animals, too?”