God takes away something precious from Jonah in order to destroy it. It is a way that the prophet bitter tastes the dive judgment, as God is presented here as all powerful. Maybe, the prophet might understand what would mean the destruction of the Ninevites.
The following verse refers to the sunrise, which means that the attack of the worm was during the night, probably when Jonah was resting.
Jonah 4:8: “When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah 's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, ‘Death is better to me than life.’" In the East, the winds of the west bring the rain, but the winds of the east are dried and hot. This wind is also mentioned in Joseph dream …show more content…
Jonah was concerned about a simple plant because it was important for the temporal welfare of his person; however, the Lord was concerned about the eternal destiny of more than 120,000 souls. The prophet was sad because of the lost of a plant, which he neither worked nor had made him grow; but the Lord was concerned about human beings, created in His own image and likeness. Jonah focused his frustration because he could not save an ephemeral plant and lifeless that gave him the benefit of the shade and protection from the winds of the Mediterranean (sirocco). But the Lord fought to save all the people of Nineveh. What is surprising is that the Lord does not choose a village near Israel, with certain features of similarity, but the object of divine mercy is the most abominable of the enemies of God 's people: The Assyrians. God in the book of Moses for instance, where he killed apparently “innocent” people just because of one person didn’t obey him. On the other hand, in Jonah, God is described as a merciful God, the Lord fought to save all the people of Nineveh. The fact that Jonah was sent to preach the Word was an undeniable evidence of the love and care of God for the humankind. Why is God described in so many ways in the Bible? Well, because apparently, this character cannot be understand by
The following verse refers to the sunrise, which means that the attack of the worm was during the night, probably when Jonah was resting.
Jonah 4:8: “When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah 's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, ‘Death is better to me than life.’" In the East, the winds of the west bring the rain, but the winds of the east are dried and hot. This wind is also mentioned in Joseph dream …show more content…
Jonah was concerned about a simple plant because it was important for the temporal welfare of his person; however, the Lord was concerned about the eternal destiny of more than 120,000 souls. The prophet was sad because of the lost of a plant, which he neither worked nor had made him grow; but the Lord was concerned about human beings, created in His own image and likeness. Jonah focused his frustration because he could not save an ephemeral plant and lifeless that gave him the benefit of the shade and protection from the winds of the Mediterranean (sirocco). But the Lord fought to save all the people of Nineveh. What is surprising is that the Lord does not choose a village near Israel, with certain features of similarity, but the object of divine mercy is the most abominable of the enemies of God 's people: The Assyrians. God in the book of Moses for instance, where he killed apparently “innocent” people just because of one person didn’t obey him. On the other hand, in Jonah, God is described as a merciful God, the Lord fought to save all the people of Nineveh. The fact that Jonah was sent to preach the Word was an undeniable evidence of the love and care of God for the humankind. Why is God described in so many ways in the Bible? Well, because apparently, this character cannot be understand by