Jonah 4:11

And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?

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And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

In Context

10And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end in a night;

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Cross References

Genesis 9:10And with every living thing with you, all birds and cattle and every beast of the earth which comes out of the ark with you.

Psalms 36:6\36:5\Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

Psalms 104:27All of them are waiting for you, to give them their food in its time.

Psalms 145:9The Lord is good to all men; and his mercies are over all his works.

Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

Jonah 3:2Up! go to Nineveh, that great town, and give it the word which I have given you.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 4:6-11

The Prophet's Discontent; The Withering of the Prophet's Gourd; God's Remonstrance with Jonah. ( b. c. 840.) 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning… Read the whole commentary →

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