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John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:1-10

His Prayer of ThanksgivingThis beautiful song of deliverance shows clearly the familiarity of the writer with earlier Psalms. It reflects very plainly the horror inspired by the sea in the minds of an inland people. It is not necessary, on the interpretation adopted, to argue whether or not it is suitable to Jonah’s position. Advocates of the national view of the book think it specially suitable to describe the sorrows of the people when drowning in the deep gulf of exile. If so, the references... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jonah 2:2

(2) By reason of mine affliction.—See margin. There is a close correspondence between this opening and that of Psalms 120:0 Comp. also Psalms 18:6.Out of the belly of hell.—This remarkable expression—a forcible figure for imminent death—has its nearest parallel in Isaiah 5:14, where sheôl (see Psalms 6:5) is represented as opening a huge mouth to swallow the princes of the world and their pomp. The under-world represents the Hebrew word sheôl more nearly than hell or the grave (margin). (Comp.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jonah 2:1-10

Renewed Confidence Jonah 2:4 The Prophet is a picture of the backslider, of the man who has somehow failed to fulfil his vows of obedience and loyalty to God. Sometimes it is by reason of cowardice when confronted by duty, as in the case of Jonah; or again, by wilful sin when compelled to choice, as in the case of Judas; or yet again by neglect when enjoined by the necessities of the case as well as by the Divine Word to wholeheartedness, as with Peter, that men depart from God. No experience... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:1-10

THE GREAT FISH AND WHAT IT MEANS-THE PSALMJonah 2:1-10AT this point in the tale appears the Great Fish. "And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights."After the very natural story which we have followed, this verse obtrudes itself with a shock of unreality and grotesqueness. What an anticlimax! say some; what a clumsy intrusion! So it is if Jonah be taken as an individual. But if we keep in mind that he stands here, not... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jonah 2:1-10

CHAPTER 2 Jonah’s Prayer and Deliverance 1. The prayer (John 2:1-9 ) 2. The deliverance (John 2:10 ) John 2:1-9 . Some expositors have called attention to the fact that the prayer is not one offered up for deliverance, but it is a thanksgiving for the accomplished deliverance. But this is answered by the opening verse of this chapter, in which we are told that he prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly. When he found that he had escaped the death he anticipated and that the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Jonah 2:2

2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly {b} of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.(b) For he was now in the fishes belly as in a grave or place of darkness. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:1-10

A MISGUIDED PATRIOT LEARNS OBEDIENCE There is only one instance of Jonah’s prophesying to his own people of Israel, 2 Kings 14:25 . There he made a prediction concerning the restoration of the coasts of Israel, which was fulfilled in the reign of Jeroboam 2 about 800 B.C., showing that he lived earlier than that date. Of his personal history nothing further is known than what is found in this book. Jonah 1:0 Nineveh (Jonah 1:2 ) was the capital of Assyria, and the reason Jonah sought to... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jonah 2:1-3

Let the Reader here learn, and learn with trembling, that sin will bring trouble even to God's dear children. So runs the charter in the covenant of grace. Psalms 89:30-32 . Learn also, that it is nothing for the most part brings the heart home to God, after departures, but the Lord's sanctifying affliction. And let the Reader learn moreover, that the greatest of all afflictions, is the thought in those afflictions, that they are the Lord's. A soul deserted of the Lord, or supposed to be so, is... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:2

Prayed. He entertained these sentiments. (Sanct. xiv.) --- He afterwards wrote them down. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:1-9

1-9 Observe when Jonah prayed. When he was in trouble, under the tokens of God's displeasure against him for sin: when we are in affliction we must pray. Being kept alive by miracle, he prayed. A sense of God's good-will to us, notwithstanding our offences, opens the lips in prayer, which were closed with the dread of wrath. Also, where he prayed; in the belly of the fish. No place is amiss for prayer. Men may shut us from communion with one another, but not from communion with God. To whom he... read more