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Jonah 4:8

Jonah 4:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

that God: Jonah 4:6-7, Jonah 1:4, Jonah 1:17; Ezekiel 19:12; Revelation 3:19

vehement: or, silent

and the sun: Psalms 121:6; Song of Solomon 1:6; Isaiah 49:10; Revelation 7:16

and wished: Jonah 4:3; Leviticus 10:3; 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 15:25-26; Job 2:10; Psalms 39:9

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