When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said, \u201cI pray thee, Lord, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil. Therefore now, O Lord, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live.\u201d And the Lord said, \u201cDo you do well to be angry?\u201d Then Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the Lord God appointed a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered. When the sun rose, God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he was faint; and he asked that he might die, and said, \u201cIt is better for me to die than to live.\u201d But God said to Jonah, \u201cDo you do well to be angry for the plant?\u201d And he said, \u201cI do well to be angry, angry enough to die.\u201d And the Lord said, \u201cYou pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I pity Nin\u2032eveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2013Jonah 3:10-4:11<\/p>
Beverley Minster, Yorkshire 🍂\n\nThe church sits on the ancient site of Beverley Monastery, which was founded by John of Beverley in the 8th Century. \n\nAfter his death in 721, John was interred within the monastery. \n\nKing \u00c6thelstan stopped to pray at the founder’s tomb on his way to the Battle of Brunanburh. \n\nAnd after his famous victory, \u00c6thelstan granted great lands and privileges to the monastery and the site became a place of pilgrimage.\n\nJohn was later canonised in 1037, but his tomb was sadly destroyed during the Reformation.<\/p>— Historical Chronicles (@HistoriaJack) October 15, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>\n