Jonah 4:11

Easy To Read Version

\{If you can be upset about a plant,\} then surely I can feel sorry for a big city like Nineveh. There are many people and animals in that city. There are more than 120,000 people in that city that did not know they were doing wrong! {\cf2\super [15]} ”

Cross References

Genesis 9:10

I make my promise to all the birds, and to all the cattle, and to all the animals that came out of the boat with you. I make my promise to every living thing on earth.

Psalm 104:14

God makes the grass grow to feed the animals.\par He gives us the plants\par that we work to grow.\par Those plants give us food from the earth.\par

Psalm 36:6

Lord, your goodness is higher\par than the highest mountain. {\cf2\super [221]} \par Your fairness is deeper\par than the deepest ocean.\par Lord, you protect man and animals.\par

Isaiah 1:18

The Lord says, “Come, let’s discuss these things. Your sins are red like scarlet, {\cf2\super [11]} but they can be \{washed away and you will be\} white like snow. Your sins are bright red, but you can become white like wool.

Isaiah 37:37

So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, went back to Nineveh and stayed there.

Isaiah 7:16

But before the child \{is old enough\}\par to learn about good and evil,\par the land of Ephraim (Israel) and Aram\par will be empty.\par

Jonah 1:2

”Nineveh {\cf2\super [2]} is a big city. I have heard about the many evil things people are doing there. So go to that city and tell the people to stop doing those bad things.”

Jonah 3:10

God saw the things the people did. God saw that the people stopped doing evil things. So God changed and did not do what he planned. God did not punish the people.

Jonah 4:10

And the Lord said, “You did nothing for that plant! You did not make it grow. It grew up in the night, and the next day it died. And now you are sad about that plant.

Matthew 18:33

So you should have given the same mercy to that other man that is a servant with you. You should have given him the same mercy that I gave you.’

Deuteronomy 1:39

“And the Lord said to us, ‘You said your little children would be taken by your enemies. But those children will go into the land. {I don’t blame your children for your mistake, because} they are still too young to know if something is right or wrong. So I will give the land to them. Your children will take the land for their own.