Prayer of Thaksgiving
The chapter appears to be in chiastic literary structure. You might want to figure it out.
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| 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. |
2 - Hell Hebrew, Sheol. Generally understood by the people of God to be the grave. |
| 4 Then I said, I am
cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. .6 I 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. 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. |
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- Toward the temple How could he know the direction? Perhaps
he relied on the Holy Spirit to direct his prayer to where it should go.
6 - Forever The time was three days and three nights according to 1:17. It was a long time to be in such as condition and what seemed to be permanent. See on re2010b-co. |
| .10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. | Nature obeys God. It's not the other way around. |
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