Saturday, December 5, 2009

The Whos in Jonah Chapter Four

Read Jonah 4.
Who is mentioned in this chapter?
Mark the Lord and every reference to the Lord, as you did for chapters 1-3.
Mark Jonah and every reference to him, as you did for chapters 1-3.
Is anyone else mentioned?
Mark them the same way as you did in previous chapters.

Now, let's observe this chapter by looking at the places we marked and asking questions of the text. Here are some questions that occurred to me. You might think of other questions that could be answered directly from the text.
Who was displeased and angry about God relenting from His intended calamity for Nineveh?
So, what's the first thing he did?
What does he say that he said while he was still in his own country? Does it appear that he knew God would do what He did?
What does he say that he knows about God?
So, what does he say that he wants God to do? Have we seen him feeling this way earlier?
What does the Lord ask him?
Does he give an answer?
What does he do?
What is he hoping he'll see while sitting under his shelter?
What does God do?
Why does it say that God did that?
How did Jonah feel about what God did?
Then what did God do?
What did the worm do?
What happened to the plant?
Then what did God do?
What were the consequences for Jonah?
What did Jonah want to have happen?
Has he previously felt this way?
What question does God ask Jonah?
How does Jonah answer? What recurring wish do you see?
What four things does the Lord tell Jonah about the plant that he had compassion on?
Who has compassion for Nineveh?
Why should He have compassion for Nineveh?
What do we learn about some of the Ninevites?
We don't hear or see Jonah's response at the end of this book. How do you think he reponded?