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Jonah 4:5 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Jonah 4:5 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 4 verse 5 to related passages throughout the Bible.
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“So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.”
Jonah 4:5 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 4:5
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. Despite God's question (4:4), Jonah doesn't answer but acts—he exits Nineveh, builds a shelter, and waits. The Hebrew vayetse Yonah min-ha'ir vayyeshev miqqedem la-'ir vaya'as lo sham sukkah (וַיֵּצֵא יוֹנָה מִן־הָעִיר וַיֵּשֶׁב מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ שָׁם סֻכָּה) describes stubborn surveillance—Jonah still hopes God will destroy the city."On the east side" (miqqedem) may be significant—east often represents sep...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jonah 4:5
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“and lodged there; and behold”
“they tell me”
“And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:”
“and struck him; I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.”
“when Elijah heard it”
“and cried every man to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea”
“he saw the city and wept over it”
“I will not make mention of him”