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Jonah's Sulky Expectation
Commentators note that Jonah, in a 'sulky and surly spirit,' physically separated himself from the city he had just saved. He built a temporary shelter to wait and see if God would still destroy Nineveh. This highlights a human tendency to desire being proven right, even over celebrating God's mercy. As one scholar notes, 'People who are resolved to fret, generally make for themselves causes for fretfulness.'
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Albert Barnes
On Jonah 4:5
18th Century
Theologian
So Jonah went out of the city - The form of the words implies (as in the English Version) that this took place after Jonah was convinced tha…
Charles Ellicott
On Jonah 4:5
19th Century
Bishop
So Jonah went out. —The explanation given in the preceding note avoids the necessity of giving the verb in this clause a pluperfect force,…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jonah 4:5
19th Century
Preacher
So Jonah went out of the city, –
When, no doubt, everybody would have been willing to entertain him, for all, even to the king, mus…
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John Calvin
On Jonah 4:5
16th Century
Theologian
One might doubt here whether Jonah had waited until the forty days had passed and that time had arrived. For if we say that he went out of the city…
John Gill
On Jonah 4:5
17th Century
Pastor
So Jonah went out of the city
Had not the inhabitants of it repented, he would have done right to go out of it, and …
Matthew Henry
On Jonah 4:5–11
17th Century
Minister
Jonah went out of the city, yet remained nearby, as if he expected and desired its overthrow. Those who have fretful, uneasy spirits often create t…