Jonah 4:8

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Summary

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

That god

And the sun

And wished

General references

Job 38:24

Bible References

That god

So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant.

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

‘But it was plucked up in fury;
It was cast down to the ground;
And the east wind dried up its fruit.
Its

strong branch was torn off

So that it withered;
The fire consumed it.

Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.

And the sun

The sun will not smite you by day,
Nor the moon by night.

“Do not stare at me because I am swarthy,
For the sun has burned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.

“They will not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;
For He who has compassion on them will lead them
And will guide them to springs of water.

They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat;

And wished

Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what the Lord spoke, saying,
‘By those who come near Me I

will be treated as holy,

And before all the people I will be honored.’”
So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is the Lord; let Him do what seems good to Him.”

The king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the Lord, then He will bring me back again and show me both it and His habitation.

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

“I have become mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is You who have done it.

General references

“Where is the way that the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?