But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. But God prepared a worm - By being eaten through the root, the plant, losing its nourishment, would soon wither; and this was the case in the present instance.
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Jonah 4:7
7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.