¹⁵ If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now.^(A) If You are pleased with me,^(B) don’t let me see my misery^[a] anymore.”

³ And now, Lord, please take my life from me,^(A) for it is better for me to die than to live.”^(B)

⁸ As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind.^(A) The sun beat down so much on Jonah’s head^(B) that he almost fainted, and he wanted to die. He said, “It’s better for me to die than to live.”^(C)