Jonah 4:1-11.

Jonah 4.1-11
Jonah Gets Angry at the Lord

"Jonah was really upset and angry. So he prayed:

Our Lord, I knew from the very beginning that you wouldn't destroy
Nineveh. That's why I left my own country and headed for Spain. You
are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show
love, and you don't like to punish anyone, not even foreigners.

Now let me die! I'd be better off dead.

The Lord replied, "What right do you have to be angry?"

Jonah then left through the east gate of the city and made a shelter
to protect himself from the sun. He sat under the shelter, waiting to
see what would happen to Nineveh.

The Lord made a vine grow up to shade Jonah's head and protect him
from the sun. Jonah was very happy to have the vine, but early the
next morning the Lord sent a worm to chew on the vine, and the vine
dried up. During the day the Lord sent a scorching wind, and the sun
beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to
die, and he shouted, "I wish I were dead!"

But the Lord asked, "Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?"

"Yes, I do," he answered, "and I'm angry enough to die."

But the Lord said:

You are concerned about a vine that you did not plant or take care of,
a vine that grew up in one night and died the next. In that city of
Nineveh there are more than a hundred twenty thousand people who
cannot tell right from wrong, and many cattle are also there. Don't
you think I should be concerned about that big city?"

God bless you.