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A Lesson in God's Mercy: For Young People
A Lesson in God's Mercy: For Young People
What discomfort must Jonah have felt as he sat outside the city? (See Jonah 4:
5-8.)
— DIG DEEPER.
Why might Jonah have wanted Jehovah to follow through with the foretold de-
struction of Nineveh?
Using research materials at your disposal, find out something about (1) the ap-
pearance and characteristics of a bottle-gourd plant, and (2) the significance of
the king of Nineveh’s covering himself with sackcloth and sitting down in ashes.
Despite his initial reluctance to prophesy in
Nineveh, why can Jonah be called a faithful and
courageous prophet? (Matthew 21:28-31)