Jon 4:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jonah 4:3-5: 4:3-5 Jonah’s desire to die rather than embrace God’s will (see also 4:8-9 ), and his willingness to wait in hope that the city would be destroyed (4:5 ), are signs of his hard-heartedness and his hatred for the Assyrians.

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‏ Jonah 4:3-5

Summary for Jonah 4:3-5: 4:3-5 ^a Jonah’s desire to die rather than embrace God’s will (see also 4:8-9 ^b), and his willingness to wait in hope that the city would be destroyed (4:5 ^c), are signs of his hard-heartedness and his hatred for the Assyrians.
4:4 ^d The Lord’s reply is a rhetorical question. The implied answer is “No, of course not!” The object lesson that follows (4:6-11 ^e) reveals why Jonah ought not to be angry.