Jonah 4:10
Then said the LORD, Thou hast 7had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which 8came up in a night, and perished in a night:
Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
7:
Or, spared.
8:
Heb. was the son of the night.
when Jonah had showed his affection of love and pity to the gourd,
showed Jonah the little reason he had to concern himself for the gourd, and the great reason God had on his side in pitying and sparing Nineveh.
a man, of narrow and uneven compassions,
both
and showed pity on the gourd, a common and worthless weed.
it was not the work of thy hand to set it.
nor didst thou water, and give growth to it; it was not thine.
as a mushroom, was the birth of one night,
died, and was only fit for the fire when withered, in a night; with equal suddenness withered.