Jonah 4:1-3

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Jonah is angry

4 But Jonah was not happy when God decided not to destroy Nineveh. He became very angry. ² He prayed to the Lord. He said, ‘Lord, this is what I thought would happen when I was still at home. So I decided to run away to Tarshish, so that you could not be kind to the people of Nineveh. I know that you are a God who is very kind and you forgive people. You do not become angry quickly. You always show your faithful love for people. Even when you have said that you will punish people, you decide that you will not do it. ³ Lord, please kill me now! I would rather die than continue to live.’