Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.

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

In Context

6Yahweh God prepared a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.

8It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

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Cross References

Psalms 30:6In confidence I said, “I will never be shaken.” 1

Psalms 102:10Because of your raging anger, 1 you have lifted me up to throw me down. 1

Joel 1:12The vines have withered and the fig trees have dried up, 1 the pomegranate trees, also the palm trees, and the apple trees— 1 all the trees of the field have withered. 1 For joy has withered away from the descendants of mankind. 1

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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