1 And this was greatly displeasing to Jonah, and he became furious.
2 And he prayed to Yahweh and said, “O Yahweh, was this not what I said while I was in my homeland? Therefore I originally fled to Tarshish, because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and having great steadfast love, and one who relents concerning calamity.
3 And so then, Yahweh, please take my life from me, because for me death is better than life!”
4 And Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
5 And Jonah went out from the city and sat down east of the city, and he made for himself a shelter there. And he sat under it in the shade, waiting to see what would happen with the city.