Jonah 4:9-11 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

9. But the Lord asked, “Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?”“Yes, I do,” he answered, “and I'm angry enough to die.”

10. But the Lord said:You are concerned about a vine that you did not plant or take care of, a vine that grew up in one night and died the next.

11. In that city of Nineveh there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell right from wrong, and many cattle are also there. Don't you think I should be concerned about that big city?

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