And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass when the sun did arise,.... After that the gourd was smitten and withered; when it was not only risen, but shone out with great force and heat:
that God prepared a vehement east…
Barnes' Notes
God prepared a vehement - o (The English margin following the Chaldee, “silent,” i. e., “sultry”). East wind - The winds in the East, blowing over the sand-deserts, intensely increase the distress of…
Adam Clarke
A vehement east wind - Which was of itself of a parching, withering nature; and the sun, in addition, made it intolerable. These winds are both scorching and suffocating in the East, for deserts of…
Cambridge Bible
a vehement east wind Margin, silent. This, or sultry, R.V., is probably the true meaning of the word. "We have two kinds of sirocco," writes Dr Thomson, "one accompanied with vehement wind which fills…
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