The Bible

Jonah 4:3

³ Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."

From Swedenborg's Works

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #214

214. Internal Meaning of Jonah, Chapter 4

1-4 The Jewish nation became very angry at the salvation of the nations. (2)

5-11 A representation of their being inflamed thereat. (2)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.