...prophet, condescends, and in the most touching and tender manner, to reason the matter with his servant. " Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither msdest it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night; and should not I spare Nineveh,...

...to be angry for the gourd ? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. Then said the Lord, thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast Hot laboured, neither made it grow : And should not 1 spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more...

...be angry for the gourd ? And he said, 1 do well to be angry, even unto death. 10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou...which came up in a night, and perished in a night : 1 1 And should not 1 spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons...

...well to be angry, even unto death. Then said the Lo R n, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for thee which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow...spare Nineveh that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that eannot discern between their right hand and their left Land, and also...

...shelter from the heat of the sun, in the place to which he is retired ; and Ihe next morning it dies. came up in a night, and perished in a night ; and should not I spare Nineveh that great city, in which are more than threescore thousand persona, that cannot discern between their right hand and...

...illustrate his benignity towards the unsinning offspring, even of those who had greatly offended. " Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither made it grow ; which came up in a night, and perished in a night ; and should not I spare Nineveh,...

...said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it to grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night ; and should I not spare Nineceh, that great city, in which are more than threescore thonsand persons, that cannot...

...principal cause of sparing the city, the number within its walls who were in the state of infancy : " Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between the right hand and the left hand ?" (Jon. iv....

...which extends to the meanest rank of his creatures, is expressed with wonderful tenderness ; — ' Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons and also much cattle ?' And we have in Deuteronomy a precept of great goodnature...

...extends to the meanest rank of his creatures, is expressed with wonderful tenderness. ' Should I not spare Nineveh that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons and also much cattle ?' And we have in Deuteronomy a precept of great good-nature of this sort, with...