Should I not have compassion on Nineveh? (Jonah 3-4q)

Should I not have compassion on Nineveh?

Jonah 3-4*

Key verse - Jonah 4:11 "And should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?"

1.       [Jonah 3:1-4] What word of God came to Jonah the second time (Jonah 3:1-2)? How did he obey God’s word this time (Jonah 3:3)? What was the message given to the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:4b)?

2.       [Jonah 3:5-9] When the people of Nineveh heard God’s message, what did they do (Jonah 3:5)? What was the king’s response (Jonah 3:6-8)? Why (Jonah 3:9)? What does this tell us about the people of Nineveh?

3.       [Jonah 3:10-4:3]When God saw what the Ninevites did, what did He do (Jonah 3:10)? Why was Jonah unhappy about this? (Jonah 4:2)? What was his plea to God (Jonah 4:3)? Why (Jonah 4:4)?

4.       [Jonah 4:4-8] Where did Jonah make a shelter for himself and why (Jonah 4:5)? What did God do for him (Jonah 4:6)? The next day, what happened to Jonah and why (Jonah 4:7-8a)? What was the extent of his suffering, and, in the midst of his suffering, what did he ask God to do (Jonah 4:8b)?

5.       [Jonah 4:9-11] What did God ask Jonah (Jonah 4:9a)? What was Jonah angry about (Jonah 4:9b-10)? What was God’s reason for sending Jonah to Nineveh (Jonah 4:11)?

6.       Discuss the difference between Jonah’s way of justice and God’s way of justice. Discuss  God’s compassion for the Ninevites, in view of what He did for Jonah.