Jonah 4:1 (DRB)

Passage

And Jonah was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:

Nearby Context

Jonah 4:1 And Jonah was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:

Jonah 4:2 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil.

Jonah 4:3 And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jonah", "exceedingly", "troubled", and "angry". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jonah" and "exceedingly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And he prayed to the Lord and...", so "jonah" and "exceedingly" should be read forward into that movement. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jonah" and "exceedingly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.