The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-7
3 . God causes a plant to spring up in order to shade Jonah from the sun; but it is made soon to wither away and leave him exposed to the scorching rays. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8
Jonah and the gourd. Welcome was the broad shadow of the gourd rising round the booth and above it! The great glare in subdued green light streamed through the leaves to the calmed and cooled and comforted prophet. Just now he wished to die. Now he was willing to live—"exceeding glad of the gourd." Short-lived was his gladness. Worm-smitten, the gourd withered. A day of beauty and value, and then the end of it. And now, unsheltered by the plant, exposed to branding sun and burning... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8
The gourd, the worm, and the east wind. Jonah was not faultless after his prayer and penitence. He undertook his work, and boldly proclaimed his message in Nineveh. His success was beyond expectation. The whole city was moved, and all the inhabitants fasted, repented, and prayed. And in the mercy which is ever his delight, God averted the threatened disaster. "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." He was indignant that his message should appear to be unfulfilled, and... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8
Emblems of man's earthly good, and God's disciplinary procedure. "And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd," etc. I shall use these verses as presenting an emblem of man's earthly good, and an emblem of God's disciplinary procedure. I. AS AN EMBLEM OF MAN 'S EARTHLY GOOD . I take the "gourd" to represent this. What this plant was,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:7
Prepared (see note on Jonah 4:6 ). A worm. Either a single worm which punctured the stem and caused the plant to wither, or the word is used collectively, as in Deuteronomy 28:39 , for "worms." A single warm night, with a moist atmosphere, will suffice to produce a host of caterpillars, which in an incredibly short time strip a plant of all its leaves. When the morning rose. At the very earliest dawn, before the actual rising of the sun (comp. 9:33 ). Jonah seems to have enjoyed the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:7
The withering of earthly consolation. If Jonah's vexation and anger were due first to the sparing of Nineveh, and the mortification of his self-importance, similar emotion was excited within him by the deprivation of personal comfort which was appointed by Divine providence. I. IN TIMES OF TROUBLE GOD APPOINTS DIVINE CONSOLATIONS FOR HIS PEOPLE . The gourd, or palmcrist, which the Author of nature caused to grow up over Jonah's booth, was "for a shadow over his... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 4:6
And the Lord God prepared a gourd - , (a palm-christ, English margin, rightly.) . “God again commanded the gourd, as he did the whale, willing only that this should be. Forthwith it springs up beautiful and full of flower, and straightway was a roof to the whole booth, and anoints him so to speak with joy, with its deep shade. The prophet rejoices at it exceedingly, as being a great and thankworthy thing. See now herein too the simplicity of his mind. For he was grieved exceedingly, because... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 4:7
When the morning rose - , i. e., in the earliest dawn, before the actual sunrise. For one day Jonah enjoyed the refreshment of the palm-christ. In early dawn, it still promised the shadow; just ere it was most needed, at God’s command, it withered. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 4:4-9
Jonah 4:4-9. Doest thou well to be angry? What a mild reproof was this from God, for such a passionate behaviour as Jonah manifested! Here the prophet experienced that Jehovah was a gracious God, merciful, and slow to anger. Here we learn by the highest example, that of God himself, how mild and gentle we ought to be if we would be like him, even to those who carry themselves toward us in the most unreasonable and unjustifiable manner. So Jonah went out of the city The words should... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6
Prepared ( Jonah 4:7 , Jonah 4:8 ); appointed (see note on Jonah 1:17 ). A gourd ; Hebrew, kikaion (here only in the Old Testament); Septuagint, κολοκύνθη ," pumpkin;" Vulgate, hedera; Aquila and Theodotion, κυκεών . Jerome describes this as a shrub called in Syriac elkeroa, and common in the sandy regions of Palestine. It has large leaves and grows to a considerable height in a very few days, so that a mere shrub becomes quickly a small tree. The scientific name of... read more