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Jonah 4 – The Lesson of the Plant. 1. Introduction ⤒ 🔗. The first verses of Jonah 4 are a direct continuation of what has immediately proceeded. God repents of the evil he said he would do to Nineveh. Jonah finds this enough reason to be furiously angry.
- (4) God Questions Jonah’s Heart.
- (5-8) God Prepares An Object Lesson For Jonah.
- (9-11) God Applies The Object Lesson.
Then the LORD said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” a. Is it right for you to be angry?Jonah, in expressing his anger against God, was being honest about his feelings – something good but we should not for a moment think that all of our feelings towards God are justified. i. God likes to ask us questions because they reveal our hearts. It also p...
So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city. And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the p...
Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!” But the LORD said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are m...
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Jonah 4. . Jonah 4 is a potent reminder of God's infinite compassion, which extends beyond our understanding and prejudice. It challenges us to check our anger and self-centeredness, inviting us to partake in God's profound love and mercy, which He generously bestows upon all His creation. Deeply distressed by God's decision to spare Nineveh ...
A. Jonah’s complaint. 1. ( Jonah 4:1) Jonah’s displeasure at the repentance of the people of Nineveh. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. a. It displeased Jonah: This was strange, because usually the preacher is pleased when the congregation repents, but Jonah wasn’t. There was something about the whole matter that ...
A hot under the collar prophet. Jonah 4:1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry. As mentioned, Jonah has just participated in the largest revival known in biblical times. He'd seen the highest down to the lowest in the land repent and call on God. Boy is Jonah going to be happy!
See under Jonah 4:1, above for a note on the reason for the apparent uncertainty on Jonah’s part as to whether the city would be destroyed or not. It appears that Jonah had already concluded that the city would be spared, a conclusion based upon his knowledge of the character of God ( Jonah 4:2 ), and the evident and overwhelming fact of ...
The Object Lesson of Jonah 4:5-7 and the Purpose of the Book of Jonah John H. Walton Moody Bible Institute Chicago, Illinois [p.47] In Jonah Chapter 4, Jonah becomes angry concerning the particular turn of events in Nineveh. Yahweh asks whether Jonah has a right to that anger. When no answer is forthcoming, the
