Jonah 4:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Jonah 4:8

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.

7 But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.

8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, ^a“It is better for me to die than to live.”

9 Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”

10 But the Lord said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which¹ came up in a night and perished in a night.

11 And should I not pity Nineveh, ^athat great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons ^bwho cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?”

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Topical Studies for Jonah 4:8:

Death {Forerunner Commentary}
Death {Nave's Topical Bible}

God {Forerunner Commentary}
God {Nave's Topical Bible}
God {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Head {Nave's Topical Bible}
Head {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Jonah {Forerunner Commentary}
Jonah {Nave's Topical Bible}

On {Nave's Topical Bible}

So {Nave's Topical Bible}

Sun {Forerunner Commentary}
Sun {Nave's Topical Bible}

Wind {Forerunner Commentary}
Wind {Nave's Topical Bible}

East {Forerunner Commentary}

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