Jonah 4:5-8

Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. Then the LORD provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant. But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered. When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die and said, "It would be better for me to die than to live.

 

Then the LORD provided a leafy plant

Jonah 1:17  Now the LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

 

But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered 

Joel 1:12  The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree--all the trees of the field--are dried up. Surely the people's joy is withered away. 

Isaiah 15:6  The waters of Nimrim are dried up and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone and nothing green is left. 

He wanted to die 

Job 6:8-9  "Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!"

Job 9:21  "Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life."

Job 3:20-22  "Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure, who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave?"

Revelation 9:5-6  They (the locusts) were not allowed to kill them but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes. During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.

(parentheses are mine)

 

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