Matthew Poole and continuators on Jonah 4:10

10 Then said the LORD , Thou hast had pity on the gourd , for the which thou hast not laboured , neither madest it grow , which came up in a night and perished in a night .

When Jonah had shew'd his Affection of Love and Pity to the Gourd.

Shewed Jonah the little reason he had to concern himself for the Gourd, and the great reason God had on his side in pittying and sparing Nineveh.

Thou a man, of narrow, and uneven compassions.

Hast both had and shewed.

A common and worthless weed.

'Twas not the work of thy hand to se[illegible: 1 letter] it.

Nor didst thou water, and give growth to it; 'twas not thine.

As a Mushroom, was the birth of one night.

Died, and was onely fit for the fire when wither'd.

With equal suddenness withered.

Marginal references: Or, spared.; Heb. was the son of the night.