Jonah 4:5 (YLT)

Passage

And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in the city.

Nearby Context

Jonah 4:3 And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better <FI>is<Fi> my death than my life.'

Jonah 4:4 And Jehovah saith, `Is doing good displeasing to thee?'

Jonah 4:5 And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in the city.

Jonah 4:6 And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd <FI>with<Fi> great joy.

Jonah 4:7 And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jonah", "goeth", "forth", "city", "sitteth", "east", and "maketh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jonah" and "goeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And Jehovah saith Is doing good displeasing..." into verse 6's "And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd and...", so "jonah" and "goeth" 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 "jonah" and "goeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.