Jonah 2:4

And you have thrown me into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood has encircled me. All your whirlpools and your waves have passed over me.

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In The King James Version

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

In Context

3And he said: “I cried out to the Lord from my tribulation, and he heeded me. From the belly of hell, I cried out, and you heeded my voice.

5And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:42and your outstretched arm everywhere: so when he arrives and prays in this place,

1 Kings 9:7then I will take away Israel from the face of the land, which I have given to them. And the temple, which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out from my sight. And Israel will be a proverb and a parable among all the peoples.

Psalms 5:7You hate all who work iniquity. You will destroy all who speak a lie. The bloody and deceitful man, the Lord will abominate.

Psalms 88:6The heavens will confess your miracles, Lord, and also your truth, in the Church of the saints.

Isaiah 38:10“I said: In the middle of my days, I will go to the gates of Hell. So I sought the remainder of my years.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:2-10

Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. ( b. c. 840.) 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord , and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The… Read the whole commentary →

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