Yuēnáshū 4:9

9 Shén duì Yuēná shuō , nǐ yīn zhè kē bì má fānù héhū lǐ ma . tā shuō , wǒ fānù yǐ zhìyú sǐ héhū lǐ .

Yuēnáshū 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, dost thou well to be angry for the
gourd?
&c.] Or, "art thou very angry for it?" as the Targum: no mention is made of the blustering wind and scorching sun, because the gourd or plant raised up over him would have protected him from the injuries of both, had it continued; and it was for the loss of that that Jonah was so displeased, and in such a passion. This question is put in order to draw out the following answer, and so give an opportunity of improving this affair to the end for which it was designed: and he said, I do well to be angry, [even] unto death;
or, "I am very angry unto death", as the Targum; I am so very angry that I cannot live under it for fretting and vexing; and it is right for me to be so, though I die with the passion of it: how ungovernable are the passions of men, and to what insolence do they rise when under the power of them!

Yuēnáshū 4:9 In-Context

7 Cì rì límíng , shén què ānpái yī tiaó chóngzi yǎo zhè bì má , yǐzhì kū gǎo .

8 Rìtou chūlai de shíhou , shén ānpái yán rè de dōng fēng . rìtou bào shaì Yuēná de tóu , shǐ tā fā hūn , tā jiù wèi zìjǐ qiú sǐ , shuō , wǒ sǐ le bǐ huó zhe hái hǎo .

9 Shén duì Yuēná shuō , nǐ yīn zhè kē bì má fānù héhū lǐ ma . tā shuō , wǒ fānù yǐ zhìyú sǐ héhū lǐ .

10 Yēhéhuá shuō , zhè bì má bú shì nǐ zāizhòng de , yĕ bú shì nǐ péiyǎng de . yī yè fāshēng , yī yè gān sǐ , nǐ shàngqiĕ aìxī .

11 Hékuàng zhè Níníwēi dà chéng , qízhōng bùnéng fēnbiàn zuǒshǒu yòushǒu de yǒu shí èr wàn duō rén , bìng yǒu xǔduō shēngchù . wǒ qǐnéng bú aìxī ne .