Jonah 2:9
And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, || That which I have vowed I complete, || Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
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In Context
8Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
10And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
Cross References
Genesis 35:3and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my tribulation, and is with me in the way that I have gone.”
1 Samuel 12:21and you do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,
Job 22:27You make supplication to Him, || And He hears you, || And you complete your vows.
Psalms 37:39And the salvation of the righteous [is] from YHWH, || Their strong place in a time of adversity.
Psalms 50:23He who is sacrificing praise honors Me, || As for him who makes a way, || I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
Psalms 68:20God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, || And YHWH Lord has the outgoings of death.
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 →