Jonah 2:10 - Exposition

Spake unto the fish. The punishment having done its work, the fish is impelled by some secret influence to eject Jonah on the dry land, on the third day after he was swallowed ( Jonah 1:17 ). Some, who regard the Book of Jonah as an historical allegory, see in these three days an adumbration of the period of the Babylonish captivity, during which Israel was buried in darkness, and from which she rose to a new and happier life. They compare, as referring to the same transaction, Jeremiah 51:34 , Jeremiah 51:44 and Hosea 6:1 , Hosea 6:2 . Upon the dry land. Probably on the coast of Palestine, whence he had started.