Exodus 4:13-14
4:13 But Moses said, “O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!”
4:14 Then the Lord became angry with Moses, and he said, “What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart.
Jeremiah 20:9
20:9 Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message.
I will not speak as his messenger any more.”
But then his message becomes like a fire
locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul.
I grow weary of trying to hold it in;
I cannot contain it.
Ezekiel 3:14
3:14 A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly,
my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the
Lord rested powerfully
on me.
Jonah 1:3
1:3 Instead, Jonah immediately
headed off to Tarshish
to escape
from the commission of the
Lord.
He traveled
to Joppa
and found a merchant ship heading
to Tarshish.
So he paid the fare
and went aboard
it to go with them
to Tarshish
far away from the
Lord.
Jonah 4:1-3
Jonah Responds to God’s Kindness
4:1 This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.
4:2 He prayed to the Lord and said, “Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! – because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.
4:3 So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”
Malachi 1:10
1:10 “I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.