2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I ^afled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a ^bgracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.  ‡

3 ^aTherefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for ^bit is better for me to die than to live!”  ‡

5 So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.

6 And the Lord God prepared a¹ plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah² was very grateful for the plant.  ‡