Jonah 4:9

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God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."

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The Assyrian EmpireThe extent of the Assyrian Empire that conquered the northern kingdom of Israel.

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Nineveh was the great Assyrian city on the Tigris River in Mesopotamia, east of Israel. Its repentance after Jonah’s preaching and God’s mercy toward it provoke Jonah’s anger here, exposing the contrast between his concern for a plant and God’s compassion for a populous city.

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Jonah 4:9 mentions Nineveh.

Photo of Nineveh — Nineveh · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)