Jon 4:1-4 | ESV | STEP | But it displeased Jonah exceedingly , and he was angry .

‏ Jonah 4:1-4

Jonah’s Anger and the Lord’s Compassion

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, ^{▼▼Hebrew it was exceedingly evil to Jonah} and ^bhe was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? ^cThat is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ^dgracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and ^erelenting from disaster. 3 ^fTherefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, ^gfor it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, ^h“Do you do well to be angry?”