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But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry.
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So he prayed to the Lord, and said, "Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.
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Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!"
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Then the Lord said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"
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So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.
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And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.
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But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.