Jonah 2:1

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God, out of the belly of the fish,

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

In Context

2and said: I cried out of my distress, to the Lord and he answered me; out of the midst of Sheol I cried aloud, and you heard my voice.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:15Summon me in the day of distress, I will rescue you, so will you honour me.’

Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I call to you, Lord.

Acts 16:24On receiving so strict an order, the Governor put them into the inner cell, and secured their feet 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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