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So Jonah went out and sat sulking[a] on the east side of the city, and he made a leafy shelter to shade him as he waited there to see if anything would happen to the city. And when the leaves of the shelter withered in the heat, the Lord arranged for a vine to grow up quickly and spread its broad leaves over Jonah’s head to shade him. This made him comfortable and very grateful.

But God also prepared a worm! The next morning the worm ate through the stem of the plant, so that it withered away and died.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:5 sat sulking, implied.

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