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Jonah 4
Jonah 4 — Overview
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Jonah 4 — OverviewJonah 4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe read, with a great deal of pleasure, in the close of the foregoing
chapter, concerning the repentance of Nineveh; but in this chapter we
read, with a great deal of uneasiness, concerning the sin of Jonah;…Jonah 4 — OverviewJonah 4 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives us an account of Jonah's displeasure at the repentance of the Ninevites, and at the Lord's showing mercy unto them, Jon 4:1; the angry prayer of Jonah upon it, Jon 4:2; the Lord's gentle reproof of…Jonah 4:1-4Jonah 4:1-4 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSee here, I. How unjustly Jonah quarrelled with God for his mercy to
Nineveh, upon their repentance. This gives us occasion to suspect that
Jonah had only delivered the message of wrath against the Ninevites,…Jonah 4:1Jonah 4:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJonah 4:9; Matthew 20:15; Luke 7:39, Luke 15:28; Acts 13:46; James 4:5-6Jonah 4:2Jonah 4:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgehe prayed: 1 Kings 19:4; Jeremiah 20:7
I fled: Jonah 1:3; Luke 10:29
thou art: Exodus 34:6-7; Numbers 14:18-19; Psalms 78:38, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 145:8; Hosea 11:8-9; Joel 2:13-14; Micah 7:18
and of:…Jonah 4:2Jonah 4:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd he prayed unto the Lord,.... But in a very different manner from his praying in the fish's belly: this was a very disorderly prayer, put up in the hurry of his spirit, and in the heat of passion: prayer should be…