Holy Scripture
Jonah 4:3
A church father on this verse
“"[And he prayed unto the LORD, and said], I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and you repent of the evil. Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you,…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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In context
1But Jonah was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.
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.
— Jonah 4:3 —
4And the Lord said to Jonah, Art thou very much grieved?
5And Jonah went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city.