David Guzik commentary on Jonah 4, where Jonah expresses his complaint about the repentance of Nineveh, and gets confronted by God about it.

Jonah had only delivered the message of wrath against the Ninevites, and had not at all assisted or encouraged them in their repentance.

Study Jonah 4 using Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary (concise) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning.

1 Jonah was upset and angry. 2 He complained, 'Lord, did I not say before I left home that you would do this? I thought that you might forgive the people of ...

In this sermon, Jerry Gifford deals with how the book of Jonah ends abruptly with a question. Jonah's lack of response indicates that he got the point.

And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief.

Verse 1. - It displeased Jonah exceedingly; literally, it was evil to Jonah, a great evil. It was more than mere displeasure which he felt; he was vexed and ...

Study Jonah 4 using Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete) to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning.

Jonah knew God well. He knew He is gracious, compassionate and slow to anger. He knew that God abounds in love and relents from sending calamity if possible.

This whole chapter of eleven verses deals almost exclusively with Jonah's disappointment, anger, and resentment because of the conversion of the Ninevites.