4:5–11 Jonah’s Lesson about Compassion. The seventh and final episode has no parallel and thus stands out as the climax of the story. 4:5 Jonah went out … till he should see. Apparently, Jonah hopes that God still will not relent but will destroy the city after all. sat under it in the shade. Jonah is hot—both emotionally (i.e., angry) and physically. 4:6 the LORD God appointed. This is the second use of the verb “appoint” (see 1:17). The kind of plant appointed is not known; the term (Hb. qiqayon)