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But the Lord asked, “Are you right to be angry?”[a]

Jonah then left the city for a place to the east of it, where he built himself a hut and waited[b] under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the city. Then the Lord God provided a gourd plant.[c] And when it grew up over Jonah’s head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was greatly delighted with the plant.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:4 The Lord’s question is as unexpected as it is pithy. It is also a mysterious reply to Jonah’s wish to die; perhaps it serves to invite Jonah to think over his situation. However, it goes unanswered, and the request and reply will be repeated in vv. 8–9.
  2. 4:5 Waited: Jonah still hopes his threat of doom will be fulfilled.
  3. 4:6 Gourd plant: the Hebrew word, qiqayon, means here a wide-leafed plant of the cucumber or castor-bean variety.