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 destruction
would have been a warning to Israel, but God had preserved it, and he
appeared to have no hope for... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.]
Jonah 4:11. Spare] Pity; Lit. to be affected by the sight of a thing;
then to be concerned; take pity or compassion upon one. Nineveh
contained an immense population, a great number of children; and “if
this did not produce a suitable impression upon the mind of the
prophet, the n... [ Continue Reading ]