1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
2. And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and repentest thee of the evil.
3. Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4. And the Lord said, Doest thou well to be angry?
5. Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.