Jonah 4:10-11

10 Then the LORD said, "You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight * and perished overnight *.

11 "Should I not ¹have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 * * persons who do not ²know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many ³animals?"

Jonah 4:10-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JONAH 4

This chapter gives us an account of Jonah's displeasure at the repentance of the Ninevites, and at the Lord's showing mercy unto them, Jon 4:1; the angry prayer of Jonah upon it, Jon 4:2,3; the Lord's gentle reproof of him for it, Jon 4:4; his conduct upon that, Jon 4:5; the gourd prepared for him; its rise, usefulness, and destruction, which raised different passions in Jonah, Jon 4:6-8; the improvement the Lord made of this to rebuke Jonah, for his displicency at the mercy he showed to the Ninevites, and to convict him of his folly, Jon 4:9-11.

Cross References

• 1. Jonah 3:10
• 2. Deuteronomy 1:39; Isaiah 7:16
• 3. Psalms 36:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "was a son of a night"
• [b]. Lit "a son of a night"