“ But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. ”
And Jonah was displeased exceedingly - It was an untempered zeal. The prophet himself records it as such, and how he was reproved for it. He would, like many of us, govern God’s world better than...
But it displeased (a) Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. (a) Because by this he would be taken as a false prophet, and so the name of God, which he preached, would be blasphemed.
Jonah 4. Jonah's Intolerance Rebuked and God's Mercy Vindicated. God's clemency to Nineveh made Jonah very angry. It was not, as we might be tempted to suppose, that he felt his professional credit...
displeased . vexed. Not the waywardness of. child, but the displeasure of. man of God, for great and sufficient reason to him. Now that Nineveh was spared, it might after all be used as God's rod...
Jerome commends this grief of Jonah, and compares it to the holy zeal of Paul when he wished himself to be an anathema for his brethren, ( Romans 9:3 :) for he denies that he grieved because G...
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly - This hasty, and indeed inconsiderate prophet, was vexed because his prediction was not fulfilled. He...
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly— Seeing that what he had foretold against the Ninevites did not happen, Jonah was afraid, lest he should pass for a false prophet and a deceiver, his ministry be...
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry - literally, hot, probably with grief or vexation rather than anger (Fai...
Jonah's Jealousy contrasted with Jehovah's Compassion 1. Jonah's anger has a double cause, wounded pride that his words are proved false, and indignation that the God of Israel should pity heathen...
IV. JONAH’S DISCONTENT AND CORRECTION. (1) But it displeased Jonah. — The Hebrew ( it was evil to ) is stronger. The prophet was vexed and irritated. He was very angry. — Literally, it (ang...
ISRAEL'S JEALOUSY OF JEHOVAH John 4:1-11 HAVING illustrated the truth, that the Gentiles are capable of repentance unto life, the Book now describes the effect of their escape upon Jonah, and c...
the Prophet's Narrowness Rebuked John 4:1-11 This chapter marks an era in the development of the outlook of the Hebrew people. Here, upon its repentance, a heathen city was pardoned. Clearly Je...
The final picture of the controversy between Jonah and Jehovah reveals most vividly, through Jonah, the attitude of the ancient people which his story was intended to correct, and Jehovah's care for,...
CONTENTS We have here a sad view of the mind of Jonah; the Lord's grace to Nineveh excites the Prophet's displeasure. he is reproved by the Lord under the figure of a gourd. Jonah 4:1 We have no...
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. Jonah was "mirabilis homo", as one calls him, an "amazing man"; the strangest, oddest, and most out of the way man, for a good man and a...
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. Ver. 1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly ] Mirabilis homo profecto fuit Ionas, saith Winckelman here, as strange a man was Jonah of...
But it The divine forbearance in sparing Nineveh; displeased Jonah exceedingly “Seeing that what he had foretold against the Ninevites did not happen, he was afraid lest he should pass for a fals...
The Prophet's Discontent. B. C. 840. 1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was v...
JONAH CHAPTER 4 Jonah, repining at God's mercy, Jonah 4:1-3 , is reproved by the type of a gourd, Jonah 4:4-11 . But, Heb. And, it , the Divine forbearance sparing the great and sinful Nin...
‘But it displeased Jonah greatly, and he was angry.' Jonah was not at all pleased that God had had mercy on the Ninevites, indeed he was more than displeased he was very angry. The greatness of his...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Angry ] Lit. hot with anger; to burn inwardly: the verb usually restricted to anger, but ( Jonah 4:4 ; Jonah 4:9 ) rendered to grieve. Jonah’s vexation grew to anger. Nineveh’s des...
Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the...
Jonah 4:1 . But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. A nice prophet this! Jonah was a man of a somewhat ugly disposition, yet I think he has been misunderstood. He was the true...
Jonah 4:6 . A gourd. Plants of this genera exceed all others in the rapidity of their growth. Jonah 4:11 . Six score thousand infants. By consequence, the elder children and adults, must have...
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. The shortness of human charity Why is Jonah so much offended and so very angry? Surely there is here some great dishonour to God; or...
EXPOSITION Jonah 4:1-32 JONAH 'S DISPLEASURE AND ITS CORRECTION . Jonah 4:1-32 1 . Jonah is grieved at the sparing of Nineveh, the expectation of which had led to his former f...
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, namely, that the Lord did not carry out His threat of punishment upon the people of Nineveh, and he was very angry, provoked, filled with grief and vexation.
Acts 13:46 ; James 4:5 ; James 4:6 ; Jonah 4:9 ; Luke 15:28 ; Luke 7:39 ; Matthew 20:15
It — The divine forbearance sparing Nineveh.