LEB(i)
1 And this* ⌊was greatly displeasing⌋* to Jonah, and ⌊he became furious⌋.*
2 And he prayed to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, was this not ⌊what I said⌋* while I was in my homeland? Therefore ⌊I originally fled⌋* to Tarshish, because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger ⌊and having great steadfast love⌋,* and one who relents concerning calamity.*
3 And so then, Yahweh, please take my life from me, because for me death is better than life!"
4 And Yahweh said, "⌊Is it right for you to be angry⌋?"*
5 And Jonah went out from the city and sat down east of the city, and he made for himself a shelter there. And he sat under it in the shade, ⌊waiting to see⌋* what would happen with the city.
6 And Yahweh God appointed a plant,* and he made it grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. And Jonah ⌊was very glad⌋* about the plant.
7 So God appointed a worm ⌊at daybreak⌋* the next day, and it attacked the plant, and it withered.
8 ⌊And when the sun rose⌋,* God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he grew faint. ⌊And he asked that he could die⌋* and said, "My death is better than my life!"
9 So God said to Jonah, "⌊Is it right for you to be angry⌋* about the plant?" And he said, "⌊It is right for me to be angry enough to die⌋!"*
10 But Yahweh said, "You are troubled about the plant, for which you did not labor nor cause it to grow. ⌊It grew up in a night and it perished in a night⌋!*
11 And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, the great city, ⌊in which there are⌋* more ⌊than one hundred and twenty thousand⌋* people who do not know right from left,* plus many animals?"