Jonah 2:6
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.
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Deuteronomy 32:22A fire has been kindled in my fury, and it will burn even to the deepest Hell, and it will devour the earth with its produce, and it will burn the foundations of the mountains.
Job 33:28He has freed his soul from continuing into destruction, so that, in living, it may see the light.
Psalms 16:10They have concealed their fatness; their mouth has been speaking arrogantly.
Psalms 30:9And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.
Psalms 65:6He converts the sea into dry land. They will cross the river on foot. There, we will rejoice in him.
Psalms 104:6you offspring of Abraham his servant, you sons of Jacob his elect.
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 →