Jonah 4:2

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O LORD, is this not what I said? <br> To spare them has long been my dread. <br> They're vile, and your cov'nant they hate; <br> They're cruel; and true justice can't wait. <br> So why do you cancel their sin? <br> Compassion is now stretched too thin: <br> You pardon, but can't hide guilt's spread. <br> O Lord, is this not what I said? <br><br> Is anger the answer to need? <br> Must grace now be captive to greed? <br> If love can't extend to the vile, <br> Then how is my cov'nant worth-while? <br> Are you a great prophet, preferred - <br> Above all mankind - by a gourd? <br> Your anger's elitism's creed: <br> Is anger the answer to need? <br>
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O LORD, is this not what I said? <br> To spare them has long been my dread. <br> They're vile, and your cov'nant they hate; <br> They're cruel; and true justice can't wait.<br> <br> So why do you cancel their sin? <br> Compassion is now stretched too thin: <br> You pardon, but can't hide guilt's spread. <br> O Lord, is this not what I said? <br><br> Is anger the answer to need? <br> Must grace now be captive to greed? <br> If love can't extend to the vile, <br> Then how is my cov'nant worth-while?<br>  
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Are you a great prophet, preferred - <br> Above all mankind - by a gourd? <br> Your anger's elitism's creed: <br> Is anger the answer to need? <br>

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JONAH 4:2

O LORD, is this not what I said?
To spare them has long been my dread.
They're vile, and your cov'nant they hate;
They're cruel; and true justice can't wait.

So why do you cancel their sin?
Compassion is now stretched too thin:
You pardon, but can't hide guilt's spread.
O Lord, is this not what I said?

Is anger the answer to need?
Must grace now be captive to greed?
If love can't extend to the vile,
Then how is my cov'nant worth-while?

Are you a great prophet, preferred -
Above all mankind - by a gourd?
Your anger's elitism's creed:
Is anger the answer to need?

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