Jonah 2:6

I sank down to the base of the mountains; the earth barred me in forever. But you, my Lord, my God, brought me back up from the abyss.

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In The King James Version

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

In Context

5The water swirled over me so I couldn't breathe; the deep sucked me down; seaweed wrapped itself around my head.

7As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22My anger has been set on fire, burning down to the depths of the grave, destroying the earth and all it produces, even setting fire to the foundations of the mountains.

Job 33:28He saved me from going down into the grave and I will live in the light.’

Psalms 16:10For you will not abandon me in the grave, nor will you allow your Holy One to experience decay.

Psalms 30:9What would you gain if I die, if I go down into the pit of death? Would my dust praise you? Would it tell of your trustworthiness?

Psalms 65:6You made the mountains by your power, for you have great strength.

Psalms 104:6It was clothed with ocean depths—the waters even covered the mountains—

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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