Jonah 2:8
Those who worship worthless idols abandon their own mercy,
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
In Context
7As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.
Cross References
Psalms 69:14from sinking down in the mire. Lift me out of the deep deep waters,
Micah 1:2Listen, all you peoples! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the earth! For the Lord God will be a witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!
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 →