Holy Scripture
Jonah 4:2
A church father on this verse
“After he preached in the midst of Nineveh, he went out of the city in order to observe if anything should happen. When he saw that three days had passed and nothing had happened anywhere near what was threatened, he then put forward his first thought and said, "Are these not my words that I was saying that God is merc…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish; because I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil.
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In context
1But Jonah was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.
— Jonah 4:2 —
3And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4And the Lord said to Jonah, Art thou very much grieved?