Jonah 2:6-3:5 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

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. In the close of the foregoing chapter we found God returning to Jonah in a way of mercy, delivering him from going down to the pit, having found a ransom; in this chapter we find Jonah returning to God in a way of duty; he was called up in the former chapter to pray... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:6

I went down to the bottom of the mountains ,.... Which are in the midst of the sea, whither the fish carried him, and where the waters are deep; or the bottom of rocks and promontories on the shore of the sea; and such vast rocks hanging over the sea, whose bottoms were in it, it seems are on the shore of Joppa, near to which Jonah was cast into the sea, as Egesippus F6 "De excidio", Urb. Hieros. l. 3. c. 20. relates: the earth with her bars was about me for ever ; that is, the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:6

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains - This also may be literally understood. The fish followed the slanting base of the mountains, till they terminated in a plain at the bottom of the great deep. The earth with her bars - He represents himself as a prisoner in a dungeon, closed in with bars which he could not remove, and which at first appeared to be for ever, i.e., the place where his life must terminate. Yet hast thou brought up my life - The substance of this poetic prayer... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:6

Verse 6 According to the same sense he says, I descended to the roots of the mountains. But he speaks of promontories, which were nigh the sea; as though he had said, that he was not cast into the midst of the sea, but that he had so sunk as to be fixed in the deep under the roots of mountains. All these things have the same designs which was to show that no deliverance could be hoped for, except God stretched forth his hand from heaven, and indeed in a manner new and incredible. He says that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-7

De profundis: distress and prayer. "Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly," etc. Unexampled position of Jonah—no details given, and hints somewhat obscure; evidently he retained measure of consciousness, but for how long we know not—seems to have been conscious of moving through the water before being swallowed by the fish—miracle of his preservation corresponds to that of the three Hebrews in the furnace ( Daniel 3:27 ), or of the burning bush ( Exodus 3:2 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

1 . Jonah, in the belly of the fish, offers a prayer of thanksgiving for his rescue from death by drowning, in which he sees a pledge of further deliverance. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-10

Part I. JONAH 'S PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:2-10

Triumph, thanksgiving. "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," etc. This is one of the most striking instances in all Scripture of the benefit of believing prayer. "Lord, what a change within us one short hour Spent in thy presence will prevail to make! What heavy burdens from our bosom take! What parched lands refresh as with a shower! We kneel, and all around us seems to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:5-6

In parallel clauses, Jonah describes still more vividly the horrors that surrounded him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:5-10

Deliverance waiting on the assured hope of it. It is an obvious remark that all men are ingenuous with God. There is no thought of trying to mislead his judgment or escape his lidless eye. They know that he knows them, knows them truly, knows them thoroughly. Accordingly, when religious profession is false and religious converse is suppressive, and other religious acts are hollow and formal, secret prayer, if it be, offered at all, is both honest and open. Only tell us what a man says into... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:2-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:5-10

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