Jonah 4:9
9But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
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9But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
Jonah 4 is the startling conclusion to a book that refuses to let us settle into comfortable categories. Having finally obeyed God's call to preach judgment to Nineveh — and having seen the entire city repent — Jonah does not celebrate. He rages. The chapter exposes the prophet's
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