Jonah 2:9

They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.

10But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.

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Cross References

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

1 Samuel 12:21And turn not aside after vain things which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain.

Job 22:27Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

Psalms 37:39But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.

Psalms 50:23The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.

Psalms 68:20Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.

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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