Then God asked Jonah, "Have you any right to be angry about the plant?" "I do," he replied. "I am angry enough to die!" People JonahPlaces Nineveh, TarshishTopics Angry, Death, Die, Displeasing, Doest, Gourd, Greatly, Jonah, Plant, Reason, Truly, VineOutline 1. Jonah repining at God's mercy,4. is reproved by the type of a withering vine.Jump to Previous Angry Death Die Displeasing Enough Good Gourd Greatly Jonah Plant Reason Right VineJump to Next Angry Death Die Displeasing Enough Good Gourd Greatly Jonah Plant Reason Right VineLibrary The Gourd. Jonah 4:07
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John Newton—Olney HymnsWhether God's Mercy Suffers at Least Men to be Punished Eternally?
Objection 1: It would seem that God's mercy does not suffer at least men to be punished eternally. For it is written (Gn. 6:3): "My spirit shall not remain in man for ever because he is flesh"; where "spirit" denotes indignation, as a gloss observes. Therefore, since God's indignation is not distinct from His punishment, man will not be punished eternally. Objection 2: Further, the charity of the saints in this life makes them pray for their enemies. Now they will have more perfect charity in that …
Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica Christian Meekness
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth Matthew 5:5 We are now got to the third step leading in the way to blessedness, Christian meekness. Blessed are the meek'. See how the Spirit of God adorns the hidden man of the heart, with multiplicity of graces! The workmanship of the Holy Ghost is not only curious, but various. It makes the heart meek, pure, peaceable etc. The graces therefore are compared to needlework, which is different and various in its flowers and colours (Psalm 45:14). …
Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 Jonah
The book of Jonah is, in some ways, the greatest in the Old Testament: there is no other which so bravely claims the whole world for the love of God, or presents its noble lessons with so winning or subtle an art. Jonah, a Hebrew prophet, is divinely commanded to preach to Nineveh, the capital of the great Assyrian empire of his day. To escape the unwelcome task of preaching to a heathen people, he takes ship for the distant west, only to be overtaken by a storm, and thrown into the sea, when, by …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Parallel Verses NASB: Then God said to Jonah, "Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death."KJV: And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
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