Verse 5
(5) So Jonah went out.—The explanation given in the preceding note avoids the necessity of giving the verb in this clause a pluperfect force, which else would be necessary to account for the prophet’s continued expectation of the destruction of Nineveh after his irritation at the Divine clemency towards it.
Booth—i.e., of boughs, like those used at the Feast of Tabernacles. (See next Note.)
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