1. But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.
2. He prayed to the Lord, ‘Isn’t this what I said, Lord, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.
3. Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.’