Jonah 4:5

So Jonah went out. — The explanation given in the preceding note avoids the necessity of giving the verb in this clause a pluperfect force, which else would be necessary to account for the prophet’s continued expectation of the destruction of Nineveh after his irritation at the Divine clemency towards it.

Booth — i.e., of boughs, like those used at the Feast of Tabernacles. (See next Note.)