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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

God and his servant Jonah had parted in anger, and the quarrel began on Jonah's side; he fled from his country that he might outrun his work; but we hope to see them both together again, and the reconciliation begins on God's side. In the close of the foregoing chapter we found God returning to Jonah in a way of mercy, delivering him from going down to the pit, having found a ransom; in this chapter we find Jonah returning to God in a way of duty; he was called up in the former chapter to pray... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:4

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight ,.... Or, "from before thine eyes" F4 מנגד עיניך "e regione oculorum tuorum", Montanus, Piscator; "a coram oculis tuis", Drusius, Burkius. ; the Targum, from before thy Word; as David also said in his distress, Psalm 31:22 ; not but that he knew he was in the reach and under the eye of his omniscience, which saw him in the fish's belly, in the depths of the sea, for nothing can hide from that; but he thought he was no longer under the eye... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:5

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul ,.... Either when he was first cast into the sea, which almost suffocated him, and just ready to take away his life, could not breathe for them, as is the case of a man drowning; or these were the waters the fish drew into its belly, in such large quantities, that they compassed him about, even to the endangering of his life there. So the Targum, "the waters surrounded me unto death.' In this Jonah was a type of Christ in his afflictions... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:4

I am cast out of thy sight - See Psalm 31:22 . Thy holy temple - Then Jerusalem was not yet destroyed, for the temple was standing. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:5

The waters compassed me about even to the soul - So as to seem to deprive me of life. I had no hope left. The weeds were wrapped about my head - This may be understood literally also. He found himself in the fish's stomach, together with sea weeds, and such like marine substances, which the fish had taken for its aliment. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:4

Verse 4 In the first clause of this verse Jonah confirms again what I have said, — that when he sought to pray, not only the door was closed against him, but there were mountains, as it were, intervening, so that he could not breathe a prayer to God: for he did not so much think of the state in which he was; nay, but he chiefly considered his own case, how he had provoked the wrath of God. Hence he says, I have said, I am cast away from the sight of thine eyes. Some give this frigid exposition,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:5

Verse 5 Here in many words Jonah relates how many things had happened to him, which were calculated to overwhelm his mind with terror and to drive him far from God, and to take away every desire for prayer. But we must ever bear in mind what we have already stated, — that he had to do with God: and this ought to be well considered by us. The case was the same with David, when he says in Psalms 39:9, ‘Thou hast yet done it;’ for, after having complained of his enemies, he turned his mind to God:... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-4

A unique oratory. "Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God," etc. The keynote of this passage is struck in the first verse. It is the fish, by God's hand made Jonah's preserver instead of his destroyer, that inspires the praise prayer of the whole chapter. God did not come to help till the prophet had, in imagination, raced the worst; but still he came in time. In the very moment of imminent death he stepped in a Deliverer. And he delivered in his own inimitable way. Natural laws cannot... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-7

De profundis: distress and prayer. "Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly," etc. Unexampled position of Jonah—no details given, and hints somewhat obscure; evidently he retained measure of consciousness, but for how long we know not—seems to have been conscious of moving through the water before being swallowed by the fish—miracle of his preservation corresponds to that of the three Hebrews in the furnace ( Daniel 3:27 ), or of the burning bush ( Exodus 3:2 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

1 . Jonah, in the belly of the fish, offers a prayer of thanksgiving for his rescue from death by drowning, in which he sees a pledge of further deliverance. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

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