Jonah 4:1-2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Jonah’s Anger

4 Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.^{(A) 2} He prayed to the Lord,^(B) ‘Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled towards Tarshish in the first place.^(C) I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God,^(D) slow to anger, abounding in faithful love, and one who relents from sending disaster.^(E)