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Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
Take, I beseech you. —We naturally refer to the history of Elijah for a similar weariness and disgust of life. (Compare a…
Baptist
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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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech you, my life from me, &c.] Or, "my soul" F24. This, as Drusius remarks,…
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…
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