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Jonah 2:1-7

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1 And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish
2 and said, "I called {from my distress} to Yahweh, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried for help-- you heard my voice.
3 And you threw me [into the] deep, into the heart of [the] seas, and [the] sea currents surrounded me; all your breakers and your surging waves passed over me.
4 And I said, 'I am banished from your sight; how {will I continue to look} {on your holy temple}?'
5 [The] waters encompassed me up to [my] neck; [the] deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the foundations of [the] mountains; the Underworld--its bars [were] around me forever. But you brought up my life from [the] pit, Yahweh my God.
7 When my life was ebbing away from me, I remembered Yahweh, and my prayer came to you, {to your holy temple}.
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Jonah 2:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JONAH 2

This chapter contains the prayer of Jonah, when in the fish's belly; the time when he prayed, the person he prayed unto, and the place where, are suggested in Jon 2:1; and the latter described as a place of great straitness and distress, and even as hell itself, Jon 2:2; The condition he was in, when cast into the sea, and when in the belly of the fish, which is observed, the more to heighten the greatness of the deliverance, Jon 2:3-6. The different frame of mind he was in, sometimes almost in despair, and ready to faint; and presently exercising faith and hope, remembering the goodness of the Lord, and resolving to look again to him, Jon 2:4,7. The gracious regards of God to him, in receiving, hearing, and answering his prayer, and bringing up his life from corruption, Jon 2:2,6,7. His resolution, let others do what they would, to praise the Lord, and give him the glory of his salvation, Jon 2:8,9; and the chapter is concluded with the order for his deliverance, and the manner of it, Jon 2:10.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. Or "expelled," or "driven away"
  • [b]. Or "however, I will continue to look on your holy temple"
  • [c]. Literally "will I do again to look," meaning "will I continue to look"
  • [d]. Literally "on the temple of your holiness"
  • [e]. Literally "to the temple of your holiness"
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