But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Troubled. His concern was lest he should pass for a false prophet; or rather lest God’s word, by this occasion might come to be slighted and disbelieved. Challoner.—He conjectured that God would spare the penitent Ninivites, and feared lest prophecies should be deemed uncertain. But this doubt is solved by observing that some are conditional, (Calmet. 3:4. Jeremiah 18:8) as it proved here. When the people relapsed, they were afterwards destroyed. Nahum 1. and so forth Worthington. Calmet. 3:10.—The conversion of Ninive was an earnest of that of the Gentiles. Calmet.—This being so intimately connected with the reprobation of the Jews, ( Bible.) the prophet was grieved at the misery of the latter, (Saint Jerome) which our Saviour and Saint Paul bewailed. Acts 11:2. Romans 10:19. Lu. 19. and so forth Yet Jonas seems to have considered himself rather too much.