Jon 1:2-3, 4:1-4, 9, Heb 7:26 | ESV | STEP | Arise , go to Nineveh , that great city , and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.

Jonah 1:2-3

2 “Arise, go to ^aNineveh, that ^bgreat city, and call out against it, ^cfor their evil ^{▼▼The same Hebrew word can mean evil or disaster, depending on the context; so throughout Jonah} has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ^erose to flee to ^fTarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to ^gJoppa and found a ship going to ^hTarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to ⁱTarshish, ^jaway from the presence of the Lord.

Jonah 4:1-4

Jonah’s Anger and the Lord’s Compassion

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, ^{▼▼Hebrew it was exceedingly evil to Jonah} and ^lhe was angry. 2 And he prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? ^mThat is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a ⁿgracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and ^orelenting from disaster. 3 ^pTherefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, ^qfor it is better for me to die than to live.” 4 And the Lord said, ^r“Do you do well to be angry?”

Jonah 4:9

9 But God said to Jonah, ^s“Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

Hebrews 7:26

26 For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, ^tholy, innocent, unstained, ^useparated from sinners, and ^vexalted above the heavens.