Jonah 4:5 (GNV)

Passage

So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie.

Nearby Context

Jonah 4:3 Therefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.

Jonah 4:4 Then saide the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

Jonah 4:5 So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie.

Jonah 4:6 And the Lord God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourde.

Jonah 4:7 But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "ionah", "went", "citie", "sate", "east", "side", and "boothe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "ionah" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Then saide the Lord Doest thou well..." into verse 6's "And the Lord God prepared a gourde...", so "ionah" and "went" belong inside that flow. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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