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A Prayer Born of Pride
Commentators explain that Jonah's death wish was not a sign of holiness but of deep-seated pride and flawed zeal. He was angry that God's mercy might make him look like a false prophet and that it signaled a shift in God's favor away from Israel. His prayer reveals a heart more concerned with personal reputation and nationalistic pride than with God's sovereign, merciful character.
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Jonah
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Albert Barnes
On Jonah 4:3
18th Century
Theologian
Therefore now, O Lord, I ask You, take my life from me – He would rather die than see the evil that was to come upon his country. Impatient …
Charles Ellicott
On Jonah 4:3
19th Century
Bishop
Take, I beseech you. —We naturally refer to the history of Elijah for a similar weariness and disgust of life. (Compare a…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jonah 4:1–3
19th Century
Preacher
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not…
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John Calvin
On Jonah 4:3
16th Century
Theologian
We see here how angry Jonah was in his zeal, for this prayer cannot certainly be ascribed to his faith, as some think, who say that Jonah took a fl…
John Gill
On Jonah 4:3
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech you, my life from me, &c.] Or, "my soul" F24. This, as Drusius remarks,…
Matthew Henry
On Jonah 4:1–4
17th Century
Minister
What all the saints rejoice in and praise, Jonah makes a subject of complaint against God; as if showing mercy were an imperfection of the divine n…