Jonah 2:1
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, out of the fish's belly.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11Therefore the Lord brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
Psalms 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble.I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
Psalms 130:1A Song of Ascents.Out of the depths I have cried to you, Lord.
Lamentations 3:53They have cut off my life in a pit, and have cast a stone on me.
Acts 16:24who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, 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 →