Jonah 4:7

But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.

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In The King James Version

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

In Context

6And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine.

8Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life.

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Cross References

Psalms 30:6\30:5\For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalms 102:10\102:9\I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:

Joel 1:12The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-tree, even all the trees of the field, are dry: because joy has gone from the sons of men.

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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