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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

Jonah persists here in his discontent; for the beginning of strife both with God and man is as the letting forth of waters, the breach grows wider and wider, and, when passion gets head, bad is made worse; it should therefore be silenced and suppressed at first. We have here, I. Jonah's sullen expectation of the fate of Nineveh. We may suppose that the Ninevites, giving credit to the message he brought, were ready to give entertainment to the messenger that brought it, and to show him respect,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, dost thou well to be angry for the gourd ?.... 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:9

I do well to be angry, even unto death - Many persons suppose that the gifts of prophecy and working miracles are the highest that can be conferred on man; but they are widely mistaken, for the gifts change not the heart. Jonah had the gift of prophecy, but had not received that grace which destroys the old man and creates the soul anew in Christ Jesus. This is the love of which St. Paul speaks, which if a man have not, though he had the gift of prophecy, and could miraculously remove... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:9

Verse 9 We see here that God had concealed himself for a time, but did not yet forsake his servant. He often looks on us from behind; that is, though we think that he has forgotten us, he yet observes how we go on, that he may in due time afford help: and hence it is that he recovers and raises up the falling, before we perceive that he is near. This was his manner with Jonah, when he began to address him: for, as we have said, grief had so oppressed the mind of the holy Prophets that it could... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:1-11

JONAH 'S DISPLEASURE AND ITS CORRECTION . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

Divine mercy formulating its own apologetic. God is patient and persistent to a marvel. He sticks to men whom we would unhesitatingly cast off, and bears with them when, to our mind, patience has ceased to be a virtue. His keen eye sees ground for hope where we should utterly despair; and he goes on dealing with cases that we should regard as quite beyond treatment. The case of Jonah was one in point. He displayed a mulish obstinacy, and a tenacious and assertive self-will, on which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

God's remonstrance with Jonah. "So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, end there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city," etc. Jonah appears to have gone out of the city and taken up his abode in the booth before he knew that Nineveh was to be spared. As Noah entered the ark before the Flood came, and waited for the moment when the judgment of Heaven would verify the warnings of a hundred and twenty... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:8-11

§ 4. Jonah grieves bitterly for the loss of the gourd; and God takes occasion from this to point out the prophet's inconsistency and pitilessness in murmuring against the mercy shown to Nineveh with its multitude of inhabitants. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:9

God said. Keil and others have noted the variety in the use of the names of God in this passage ( Jonah 4:6-9 ). The production of the gourd is attributed to Jehovah-Elohim ( Jonah 4:6 ), a composite name, which serves to mark the transition from Jehovah in Jonah 4:4 to Elohim in Jonah 4:7 and Jonah 4:8 . Jehovah, who replies to the prophet's complaint ( Jonah 4:4 ), prepares the plant as Elohim the Creator, and the worm as ha-Elohim the personal God. Elohim, the Ruler of nature,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:9-11

God reasoning with man. "And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd?" etc. The whole Book of Jonah develops at least the following truths: 1 . That the regard of Heaven, even under the old dispensation, was not confined to the Jews. Jonah was sent to Nineveh, a city far away from Judea, whose population had neither kinship nor sympathy with the Jewish people. It is represented as a bloody city, full of lies and robbery, its ferocious violence to captives is... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:9-11

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