Jehovah spoke to Jonah and said: “You, for your part, felt sorry for the bottle - gourd plant, which you did not toil upon or make get big, which proved to be a mere growth of a night and perished as a mere growth of a night. And, for my part, ought I not to feel sorry for Nineveh the great city, in which there exist more than one hundred and twenty thousand men who do not at all know the difference between their right hand and their left, besides many domestic animals? ” ​ — Jonah 4: 9 - 11.
Jehoova ütles Joonale: „Sina tahaksid armu anda kiikajonipuule [„ pudelkõrvitsale ”, NW], mille kallal sa ei ole näinud vaeva ja mida sa ei ole kasvatanud, mis ühe ööga sündis ja ühe ööga hukkus, aga mina ei peaks armu andma Niinivele, sellele suurele linnale, kus on enam kui kaksteist korda kümme tuhat inimest, kes ei oska vahet teha oma parema ja vasaku käe vahel, ja palju lojuseid! ” — Joona 4: 9 — 11.