Jonah 2:4
Verse 4 of 10. The 2nd of 4 chapters in Jonah, in The Minor Prophets.
1Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,
2And 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.
3For 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.
4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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Jonah 2:4 in the World English Bible
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’Read Jonah 2:4 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:4
God and his servant Jonah had parted in anger, and the quarrel began on Jonah's side; he fled from his country that he might outrun his work; but we hope to see them both together again, and the reconciliation begins on God's side.
Read Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:1–9: Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. (b. c. 840.)
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.