Jonah 2:1

(2-2) Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

In Context

2(2-3) And he said: I called out of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He answered me; out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, and Thou heardest my voice.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'

Psalms 130:1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.

Lamentations 3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:1

We left Jonah in the belly of the fish, and had reason to think we should hear no more of him, that if he were not destroyed by the waters of the sea he would be consumed in the bowels of that leviathan, "out of whose mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire, and whose breath kindles coals," Job xli. 19 , 21 . But God brings his people through fire, and through water ( Ps. lxvi. 12 ); and by his power, behold, Jonah the prophet is yet alive, and is heard of again. In this chapter God hears from him, for we find… Read the whole commentary →

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