...irrational anger? To the impetuous and blamable entreaty, '0 Lord, I beseech Thee, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live,' He replied, almost evasively, by the mild question, 'doest thou well to be angry?' to which, He expected...

...slow to anger and bounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity. Now, O Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live." He thus demonstrates that while familiar with the divine attributes, he is critical of them. Given the...

...troubles? Jonah would have stomped on the floor of heaven to make his point: "Now, O Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live." He left God with two alternatives— his death or the destruction of Nineveh. Jonah left the city, and...