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Jonah 4:2

Jonah 4:2

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he 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 3:10; Exodus 32:14; Psalms 90:13; Jeremiah 18:8; Amos 7:3, Amos 7:6

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