Jonah 2:7
As my life ebbed away, I remembered the Lord; my prayer came to you in your holy Temple.
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In Context
8Those who worship worthless idols give up their trust in God's goodness.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 30:27The priests and the Levites stood up to bless the people, and God heard them—their prayer ascended to where he lived in heaven.
Psalms 18:6In my despair I called on the Lord—I cried out to my God for help. He heard my voice from his Temple—my cry for help reached his ears.
Psalms 22:14I feel like I'm being poured out like water. I'm falling apart as if all my bones have become loose. My mind feels like it's wax melting inside me.
Psalms 42:5Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me —
Psalms 43:5Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me—my God!
Psalms 77:10Then I said, “This is what hurts me the most: the Most High doesn't treat me the way he used to.”
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 →