Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 2:1-10
Jonah 2:4 . Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight. After what we have heard of the misguided and offending conduct of Jonah, we need not wonder to find him sinking into deep dejection and distress. He is now in the stomach of the fish, at the bottom of the mountains, crying to the Lord, while his reflections upon his past conduct are filling him with the bitterest anguish. He was an Israelite, but now cast away, and fearing it will be his lot to die among the heathen, where no eye will... read more
Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:1-10
Chapter 2Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly ( Jonah 2:1 ),Jonah must have been a stubborn man indeed that he would wait three days and three nights before he would begin to pray. He was determined not to take the gospel to the Gentiles. He was determined not to go, sitting it out for three days and three nights.Now he describes the conditions that he was in.And he said, I cried by reason of my affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried... read more