Relating to Jonah's Anger

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(v.1) Jonah has the most successful revival in history and he was so angry that he asked God to kill him (v.3). Later, after the plant that brought shade to Jonah withered and the east wind made it extremely hot Jonah "asked that he might die and said, It is better for me to die than to live."

In both cases, God simply asked Jonah "Do you do well to be angry?" In verse 4 God seems to ask the question rhetorically because there is no answer by Jonah. But in v.9, when asked about being angry about the plant Jonah responds with: %u201CPlenty of right. It%u2019s made me angry enough to die!%u201D (Message)

But God gives the perspective Jonah should have: Jonah had done nothing to get the plant to grow, or to keep it healthy, but Jonah went from exceedingly happy to deep anger overnight because it sprouted up, and died (v.10). God gives the punch line in v.11:
"So, why can%u2019t I likewise change what I feel about Nineveh from anger to pleasure, this big city of more than a hundred and twenty thousand childlike people who don%u2019t yet know right from wrong, to say nothing of all the innocent animals?%u201D

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