Jonah 2:4

For Thou hadst cast me into the deep, 1 in the midst of the yamim (seas); 1 and the current swirled about me; 1 all Thy billows and Thy waves 1 passed over me. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

In Context

3And said, 1 I cried by reason of mine tzoros unto Hashem, 1 He heard me; 1 out of the belly of Sheol cried I, 1 and Thou heardest my voice. 1

5Then I said: 1 I am cast out of Thy sight; 1 yet I will look again 1 toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:42(For they shall hear of Thy Shem HaGadol, and of Thy Yad HaChazakah, and of Thy stretched out zero'a;) and shall come and daven toward this Bayit;

1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Yisroel out of the adamah which I have given them; and this Beis, + 9:7 HaMikdash which I have set apart as kodesh for Shemi, will I cast out of My sight; and Yisroel shall be a mashal (proverb) and a sheninah (taunt, byword) among kol ha'ammim;

Psalms 5:7Thou shalt destroy them that speak kazav (falsehood); 1 Hashem will abhor the ish damim u'mirmah (bloody and deceitful man). 1

Psalms 42:8Tehom el Tehom ([oceanic] deep unto [oceanic] deep) calleth 1 at the noise of Thy waterfalls; 1 all Thy breakers and Thy billows 1 are passed over me. 1

Psalms 88:6Free among the mesim, 1 like the slain that lie in the kever, 1 whom Thou rememberest no more; 1 and nigzaru (they are cut off, excluded) + 88:6 See Isa 53:8 from Thy Yad (hand, power, care). 1

Isaiah 38:10I said: In the cutting short of my yamim, 1 I shall go to the Sha'arei Sheol; + 38:10 See Mt 16:18 1 I am deprived of the remainder of my shanot. 1

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 →

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