_But it_ The divine forbearance in sparing Nineveh; _displeased Jonah exceedingly_ “Seeing that what he had foretold against the Ninevites did not happen, he was afraid lest he should pass for a false prophet and a deceiver, his ministry be despised, and his person exposed to the violence of the Nin... [ Continue Reading ]
_Doest thou well to be angry?_ What a mild reproof was this from God, for such a passionate behaviour as Jonah manifested! Here the prophet experienced that Jehovah was _a gracious God, merciful, and slow to anger._ Here we learn by the highest example, that of God himself, how mild and gentle we ou... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then said the Lord_ Jonah having thus showed his love and pity for the gourd, God proceeds to judge him out of his own mouth; _Thou hast had pity on the gourd_, &c. Thou deplorest the loss of the gourd, and thinkest it a severe misfortune to thee, and hard that thou shouldest be deprived of it, tho... [ Continue Reading ]
_And should not I_ The God of infinite compassion; _spare Nineveh, that great city?_ Wouldest thou have me to be less merciful to such a large and populous city as Nineveh, than thou art to a shrub? Surely the lives of so many thousand men, to say nothing of their immortal souls, are much more valua... [ Continue Reading ]