Jonah 4:11

“And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?”

"And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?" - Jonah 4:11
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What does Jonah 4:11 mean?

The book of Jonah is a short but powerful narrative found in the Old Testament of the Bible. It tells the story of a prophet named Jonah who is called by God to go to the city of Nineveh and deliver a message of repentance to its people. However, Jonah initially refuses to obey…

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God’s Compassion for the Lost: A Reflection on Jonah 4:11

The story of Jonah is one that carries profound lessons on God’s mercy, love, and concern for His creation. The poignant verse from Jonah 4:11 in the King James Version reads: "And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that…

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A Prayer for Compassion and Understanding

O Gracious and Merciful God, We come before Thee today, our hearts humbled by the magnitude of Thy compassion as we reflect upon the words of Thy servant Jonah. We remember the lament of Jonah in regard to the great city of Nineveh, a city within which are more than sixscore…

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Jonah 4:11 - "And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?"
Jonah 4:1 - "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry."
JONAH 4, NINEVAH REPENTING, JONAH BITTER
"But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." - Jonah 4:1
Jonah 4:6 - "And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd."
Jonah 4:4 - "¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?"
Jonah 3:4 - "And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Jonah walking through the ancient city of Nineveh, preaching to the Assyrians. Jonah 3:4
Jonah 4:9 - "And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death."
Jonah 4:5-6 Jonah sitting in the desert under a shelter with a plant over the shelter overlooking the city of Nineveh.
Jonah 2:4 Ship fit for the period in which Jonah lived. In daytime, great tempest, big waves, strong winds
Jonah 4:6-7 - "And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered."
Jonah 4:5 - "So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city."
Jonah 1:4-5 ancient sail ship appropriate for time of Jonah, in the mids of a great tempest, dark waters, big waves, strong winds
"¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?" - Jonah 4:4
Jonah 4:8 - "And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live."
"And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd." - Jonah 4:6
Jonah 4:7 - "But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered."
Jonah 1:4 - "¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken."
"And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown." - Jonah 3:4
"And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd." - Jonah 4:6
Jonah 4:8 - "And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live."
Jonah 1:11 - "¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous."
"¶ Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous." - Jonah 1:11
"And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death." - Jonah 4:9
Jonah 2:4 - "Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple."
Jonah 4:3 - "Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
Jonah 4:10 - "Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:"
"So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city." - Jonah 4:5