Jonah 4:1-11- Jonah’s Anger and the Lord’s Compassion

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Jonah 4:1 The second God stops being angry with Nineveh, Jonah becomes angry with God. Jonah is here a very strong contrast to how God is described throughout the Old Testament: “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness” (Ex 34:6-7, Num 14:18, Neh 9:17, Ps 86:15, 103:8, 145:8, Joel 2:13). One of the points …