I went down to the bottoms (literally “the cuttings off”) of the mountains—the “roots,” as the Chaldee and we call them, the hidden…

Bottoms of the mountains.— Literally, ends or cuttings off, as in the margin. So the Vulgate extrema montium…

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;—

To the very roots and foundations of the mountains, where the big jagged rocks m…

Here, Jonah relates in many words how many things had happened to him, which were designed to overwhelm his mind with terror, drive him far from Go…

I went down to the bottom of the mountains
Which are in the midst of the sea, where the fish carried him, and where …

Observe when Jonah prayed. He prayed when he was in trouble, under the signs of God's displeasure against him for sin. When we are in affliction, w…