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Jonah went out of Nineveh. He built a little hut on the east side of the city. He sat in the shade of the hut. He waited to see what would happen to the city.[a]

The Lord God made a little plant grow there. He caused it to grow up over Jonah's head to give him shade from the hot sun. This comforted Jonah in his trouble. Jonah was very happy about the plant.

But at dawn the next day, God sent a worm to attack the plant. So then the plant died.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:5 Jonah probably used sticks and leaves to build the hut, so that the sun would not burn him.