1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2. And he prayed unto the Lord and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was this not what I said when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee unto Tarshish, for I knew that thou art a gracious God and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy, and dost repent when thou art come to take punishment.
3. Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for I would rather die than live.
4. Then the Lord said, Art thou so angry?
5. And Jonah went out of the city and sat towards the east side of the city, and there made him a booth and sat under it in the shade until he might see what would become of the city.