Jonah 4:3

The Message

“So, God, if you won’t kill them, kill me! I’m better off dead!”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation is better than a fat bank account. Your death date tells more than your birth date.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t be quick to fly off the handle. Anger boomerangs. You can spot a fool by the lumps on his head.

Jeremiah 8:3

“Everyone left—all from this evil generation unlucky enough to still be alive in whatever godforsaken place I will have driven them to—will wish they were dead.” Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

Jonah 4:4

God said, “What do you have to be angry about?”

1 Corinthians 9:15

Still, I want it made clear that I’ve never gotten anything out of this for myself, and that I’m not writing now to get something. I’d rather die than give anyone ammunition to discredit me or question my motives. If I proclaim the Message, it’s not to get something out of it for myself. I’m compelled to do it, and doomed if I don’t! If this was my own idea of just another way to make a living, I’d expect some pay. But since it’s not my idea but something solemnly entrusted to me, why would I expect to get paid? So am I getting anything out of it? Yes, as a matter of fact: the pleasure of proclaiming the Message at no cost to you. You don’t even have to pay my expenses!