_HOMILETICS_ IN THE DEEP.—_Chap. 2_ As soon as the prophet was entombed, he _knew_ that he was in a living grave. Then began that new and bitter experience recorded in the prayer of this chapter. We have no _external_ history of those days. But we have a very intense and clear history of his _inwar... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. PRAYED] Really praised. HIS] not only to Jehovah as the sailors did. “He shows his _faith_ by adoring Him as _his_ God” [_Burk_], The structure of this hymn, composed like many Psalms, and filled with allusions to them, falls into three strophes (Jonah 2:4; Jonah 2:6; Jonah 2:8): eac... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. JONAH 2:5] This strophe opens like the first, sets forth the peril of death, and describes the thought of miraculous deliverance. SURROUNDED] Pressed even to the soul (Psalms 69:2; Psalms 18:5). WEEDS] Sea-weeds, vast quantities of which were found in the Mediterranean, were bound a... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. JONAH 2:7. FAINTED] Heb. to cover one’s self or to veil, then to sink, to pine away: _Rem_. the triumph of faith over sense. TEMPLE] from which prayers are heard (Psalms 42:6; Psalms 73:26). _HOMILETICS_ REMEMBRANCE OF GOD.— Jonah 2:7 Jonah continues his reflections, and calls to... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES. JONAH 2:8.] When prayer reaches to God he helps and saves. Salvation is only from Him. Idolaters forfeit their mercy. OBSERVE] Lit. regard, hold to, an intensive form: “pay deference to court, sue _vanity of vanities_, vain things which prove ruin at last” [_Pusey_]. MERCY] Lit. the... [ Continue Reading ]