...vehement east wind ; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah thai he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. THIS account of the extreme heat of the climate of Nineveh is well illustrated in the ingenious...

...wind, which, by coming over the burning sands which lay to the east of Nineveh, became -very sultry ; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, 9 and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live. And God said to Jonah,...

...the gourd that it withered. And it came to pass when the sun did arise, that Goo prepared a vehement east wind ; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. And SOD said to Jonah,...

...ILLUSTRATION OF JONAH IT. 8. And it came to pass, when the BUD did arise, that God prepared a vehement cast wind ; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah that he fainted, aud •wished in himsclflo die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. THIS account of...

...ILLUSTRATION OF JONAH IV. 8. And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind ; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah that lie fainted, find wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. Tins...

...describe the climate of this country in unison with the account of Jonah. "When the sun did arise — the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die." In the morning when he expected to be most cool and comfortable, he found...

...loss of his gourd ; he fainted, became dispirited, lost his confidence in God, wished in himself to die, and said, " It is better for me to die than to live ! " We may well be astonished at such language, and that from a prophet ! Here we see the fidelity...

...gourd that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind ; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. 9 And God said to Jonah,...

...vehement east wind ; and the sun beal upon the head of Jonah that he fainted, and wished in hiraself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. And GOD said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd ? And he said, I do well to...

...day's journey into the wilderness, and then, weary and faint at heart, sat down under a juniper-tree and requested for himself that he might die, and said, " It is enough : now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers," 1 Kings xix. 4. Here...