Jonah 2:9

Those who in vain observe vanities, abandon their own mercy.

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In The King James Version

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

In Context

8When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple.

10But I, with a voice of praise, will sacrifice to you. I will repay whatever I have vowed to the Lord, because of my salvation.”

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Cross References

Genesis 35:3Arise, and let us go up to Bethel, so that we may make an altar there to God, who heeded me in the day of my tribulation, and who accompanied me on my journey.”

1 Samuel 12:21And do not choose to turn aside after vanities, which will never benefit you, nor rescue you, since they are empty.

Job 22:27You will plead with him, and he will listen to you, and you will pay your vows.

Psalms 68:20You know my reproach, and my confusion, and my reverence.

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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