Jonah 4:2

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Summary

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

He prayed

1 Kings 19:4

Jeremiah 20:7

I fled

Jonah 1:3

Luke 10:29

Thou art

And of

Amos 7:3

General references

Exodus 32:14

Amos 7:6

Bible References

He prayed

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived: you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am in derision daily, everyone mocks me.

I fled

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

Thou art

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and abundant in mercy unto all them that call upon you.

The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? how shall I make you as Admah? how shall I set you as Zeboiim? my heart is turned within me, my compassion is stirred.

And tear your hearts, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

Who is a God like unto you, who pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.

And of

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster, that he had said that he would bring upon them; and he did it not.

And the LORD turned from the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Return, O LORD, how long? and may you have compassion concerning your servants.

If that nation, against whom I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will change from the evil that I thought to do unto them.

The LORD relented concerning this: It shall not be, says the LORD.

General references

And the LORD turned from the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

The LORD relented concerning this: This also shall not be, says the Lord GOD.