Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jonah 4:8-9

"And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death." — Jonah 4:8-9 (ASV)

And said, It is better for me to die than to live. And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.

He had gotten into such a bad spirit that he could even brave it out with his God. Oh, that we might be preserved from such an evil temper! It is well for us that Like as a father pities his children, so the Lord pities them that fear him. When a child is in a fever, and says a great many naughty things, his father puts it down to the sickness rather than to the child. So it was with God's poor fainting servant Jonah.