As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, "It is better for me to die than to live." Cross References Matthew 20:12 These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.' 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself traveled on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers." Psalm 121:6 The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. Isaiah 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water. Ezekiel 19:12 But it was uprooted in fury, cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were stripped off and they withered; the fire consumed them. Hosea 13:15 Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come--a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article. Jonah 4:3 And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live." Jonah 4:9 Then God asked Jonah, "Have you any right to be angry about the plant?" "I do," he replied. "I am angry enough to die!" Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. that God. Jonah 4:6,7 Jonah 1:4,17 Ezekiel 19:12 vehement. Psalm 121:6 Song of Solomon 1:6 Isaiah 49:10 and wished. Jonah 4:3 Leviticus 10:3 1 Samuel 3:18 |
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