Jonah 2:1

Then Jonah prayed to Jehovah from the belly of the fish,

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2and said:— I cried by reason of my distress to Jehovah, And he heard me: Out of the depth of the under-world I cried, And thou didst hear my voice.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:15Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me!”

Psalms 130:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” Out of the depths do I cry to thee, O LORD!

Lamentations 3:53They take away my life in the dungeon; they cast a stone upon me;

Acts 16:24who having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

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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