Those who observe lying vanities – that is, those who (reflecting the force of the Hebrew form for "observe") diligently watch, pay deferenc…

Those who observe lying vanities.— See Note, Psalms 31:6.

Forsake their own mercy— i.e.…

If you trust anywhere but in God, you will run away from your own mercy. God is the only really merciful One who can always help you; but if you tr…

Here Jonah says first, that people miserably go astray when they turn aside to vain superstitions, for they rob themselves of the chief good. For h…

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy

They that worship idols, who are nothing, mere vanity and…

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…