Homiletic Monthly Jonah 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head… The sequel shows clearly that the prophet had not one spark of gratitude to God for His merciful interposition in his extremity. He was "glad of the gourd," which, springing up in a night, sheltered him from the burning rays of a fierce sun, but not thankful to God whose goodness had provided it; the feeling was purely selfish and sensual, destitute utterly of piety. Glad of the gift, but not a thought of the Giver; for as soon as the gourd "withered away" he was angry," and "wished for death, and bitterly complained to God, and justified his folly and petulance.In all this, Jonah is a type of multitudes of nominal Christians — "glad" because of God's great mercies, but never grateful; the temporal gift, but not the Divine Giver, is thought of. (Homiletic Monthly.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. |
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