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## Is it good that you are so angry? ##
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God used this rhetorical question to scold Jonah for being angry about something he should not have been angry about. In some languages it is more natural to use a statement: "Your anger is not good." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## went out of the city ##
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"left the city of Nineveh"
## what might become of the city ##
"what would happen to the city" (UDB). Jonah wanted to see if God would destroy the city or not destroy it.