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Jonah 4:1
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Jonah was greatly displeased and became furious.
But it displeased Yonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
But it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
But it greatly displeased Jonah, and he became angry.
But this made Jonah very unhappy, and he became angry.
But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.
Therefore it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was angry.
But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry.
But this was a great evil to Jonah, and he became angry.
Jonah was really upset and angry.
But this was very displeasing to Yonah, and he became angry.
And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
Jonah was not happy that God saved the city. Jonah became angry.
BUT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was greatly grieved.
Jonah was very unhappy about this and became angry.
And this was greatly displeasing to Jonah, and he became furious.
But it was a great calamity in Jonah's sight, and it kindled anger in him.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
And this displeased Ionas greatly, and he was angrye [within him selfe.]
But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
And Jonas was turmentid with greet turment, and was wrooth.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry.
This change of plans greatly upset Jonah, and he became very angry.
But Jonah was not pleased at all, and he became angry.
But this was very displeasing to Jonah, and he became angry.
And it was vexing unto Jonah, with a great vexation, - and it angered him.
And Jonas was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it;
Wherfore Ionas was sore discontet, and angrie.
Jonah was furious. He lost his temper. He yelled at God , " God ! I knew it—when I was back home, I knew this was going to happen! That's why I ran off to Tarshish! I knew you were sheer grace and mercy, not easily angered, rich in love, and ready at the drop of a hat to turn your plans of punishment into a program of forgiveness!
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Jonah 4:9, Matthew 20:15, Luke 7:39, Luke 15:28, Acts 13:46, James 4:5, James 4:6
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:8 - displeased 1 Kings 21:4 - heavy Psalms 37:8 - fret Jonah 4:11 - should Luke 10:40 - my Luke 11:32 - a greater 1 Corinthians 9:17 - against
Cross-References
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him."
And he named him Noah, saying, "May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed."
So now, kill all the boys, and kill every woman who has had relations with a man,
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. Jonah was "mirabilis homo", as one calls him, an "amazing man"; the strangest, oddest, and most out of the way man, for a good man and a prophet, as one shall ever hear or read of. Displeased he was at that, which one would have thought he would have exceedingly rejoiced at, the success of his ministry, as all good men, prophets, and ministers of the word, do; nothing grieves them more than the hardness of men's hearts, and the failure of their labours; and nothing more rejoices them than the conversion of sinners by them; but Jonah is displeased at the repentance of the Ninevites through his preaching, and at the mercy of God showed unto them: displeased at that, on account of which there is joy in heaven among the divine Persons, Father, Son, and Spirit, and among the holy angels, even over one repenting sinner; and much more over many thousands, as in this case: displeased at that which is the grudge, the envy, and spite of devils, and which they do all they can to hinder: and the more strange it is that Jonah should act such a part at this time, when he himself had just received mercy of the Lord in so extraordinary a manner as to be delivered out of the fish's belly, even out of the belly of hell; which one would think would have warmed his heart with love, not only to God, but to the souls of men, and caused him to have rejoiced that others were sharers with him in the same grace and mercy, reasons of this strange conduct, if they may be called reasons, are supposed to be these: one reason was, his own honour, which he thought lay at stake, and that he should be reckoned a false prophet if Nineveh was not destroyed at the time he had fixed; but the proviso implied, though not expressed,
"except ye repent,''
secured his character; which was the sense of the divine Being, and so the Ninevites understood it, or at least hoped this was the case, and therefore repented, and which the mercy shown them confirmed: nor had Jonah any reason to fear they would have reproached him with such an imputation to his character; but, on the contrary, would have caressed him as the most welcome person that ever came to their city, and had been the instrument of showing them their sin and danger, and of bringing them to repentance, and so of saving them from threatened ruin; and they did him honour by believing at once what he said, and by repenting at his preaching; and which is testified by Christ, and stands recorded to his honour, and will be transmitted to the latest posterity: another reason was his prejudice to the Gentiles, which was unreasonable for, though this was the foible of the Jewish nation, begrudging that any favours should be bestowed upon the Gentiles, or prophesied of them; see Romans 10:19; yet a prophet should have divested himself of such prejudices, as Isaiah and others did; and, especially when he found his ministry was so blessed among them, he should have been silent, and glorified God for his mercy, and said, as the converted Jews did in Peter's time, "then God hath granted unto the Gentiles repentance unto life", Acts 11:18; to do otherwise, and as Jonah did, was to act like the unbelieving Jews, who "forbid" the apostles to "preach to the Gentiles, that they might be saved", 1 Thessalonians 2:16. A third reason supposed is the honour of his own countrymen, which he thought would be reflected on, and might issue in their ruin, they not returning from their evil ways, when the Heathens did: a poor weak reason this! with what advantage might he have returned to his own country? with what force of argument might he have accosted them, and upbraided them with their impenitence and unbelief; that Gentiles at one sermon should repent in sackcloth and ashes, when they had the prophets one after another sent them, and without effect? and who knows what might have been the issue of this? lastly, the glory of God might be pretended; that he would be reckoned a liar, and his word a falsehood, and be derided as such by atheists and unbelievers; but here was no danger of this from these penitent ones; and, besides, the proviso before mentioned secured the truth and veracity of God; and who was honoured by these persons, by their immediate faith in him, and repentance towards him; and his grace and mercy were as much glorified in the salvation of them as his justice would have been in their destruction.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And Jonah was displeased exceedingly - It was an untempered zeal. The prophet himself records it as such, and how he was reproved for it. He would, like many of us, govern God’s world better than God Himself. Short-sighted and presumptuous! Yet not more short-sighted than those who, in fact, quarrel with God’s Providence, the existence of evil, the baffling of good, “the prison walls of obstacles and trials,” in what we would do for God’s glory. What is all discontent, but anger with God? The marvel is that the rebel was a prophet ! “What he desired was not unjust in itself, that the Ninevites should be punished for their past sins, and that the sentence of God pronounced against them should not be recalled, although they repented. For so the judge hangs the robber for theft, however he repent.” He sinned, in that he disputed with God. Let him cast the first stone, who never rejoiced at any overthrow of the enemies of his country, nor was glad, in a common warfare, that they lost as many soldiers as we. As if God had not instruments enough at His will! Or as if He needed the Assyrians to punish Israel, or the one nation, whose armies are the terror of Europe, to punish us, so that if they should perish, Israel should therefore have escaped, though it persevered in sin, or we!
And he was very angry - , or, may be, “very grieved.” The word expresses also the emotion of burning grief, as when Samuel was grieved at the rejection of Saul, or David at “the breach upon Uzzah” 2Sa 6:8; 1 Chronicles 13:11. Either way, he was displeased with what God did. Yet so Samuel and David took God’s doings to heart; but Samuel and David were grieved at God’s judgments; Jonah, at what to the Ninevites was mercy, only in regard to his own people it seemed to involve judgment. Scripture says that he was displeased, because the Ninevites were spared; but not, why this displeased him. It has been thought, that it was jealousy for God’s glory among the pagan, as though the Ninevites would think that God in whose Name he spake had no certain knowledge of things to come; and so that his fault was mistrust in God’s wisdom or power to vindicate His own honor. But it seems more likely, that it was a mistaken patriotism, which idolized the well being of his own and God’s people, and desired that its enemy, the appointed instrument of its chastisement, should be itself destroyed. Scripture being silent about it, we cannot know certainly. Jonah, under God’s inspiration, relates that God pronounced him wrong. Having incurred God’s reproof, he was careless about men’s judgment, and left his own character open to the harsh judgments of people; teaching us a holy indifference to man’s opinion, and, in our ignorance, carefulness not to judge unkindly.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER IV
Jonah, dreading to be thought a false prophet, repines at God's
mercy in sparing the Ninevites, whose destruction he seems to
have expected, from his retiring to a place without the city
about the close of the forty days. But how does he glorify that
mercy which he intends to blame! And what an amiable posture
does he give of the compassion of God! 1-5. This attribute of the Deity is still farther illustrated by his
tenderness and condescension to the prophet himself, who, with
all his prophetic gifts, had much of human infirmity, 6-11.
NOTES ON CHAP. IV
Verse Jonah 4:1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly — This hasty, and indeed inconsiderate prophet, was vexed because his prediction was not fulfiled. He had more respect to his high sense of his own honour than he had to the goodness and mercy of God. He appeared to care little whether six hundred and twenty thousand persons were destroyed or not, so he might not pass for a deceiver, or one that denounced a falsity.
And he was very angry. — Because the prediction was not literally fulfilled; for he totally lost sight of the condition.
