Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jonah 2:9

"But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah." — Jonah 2:9 (ASV)

But I will sacrifice unto thee—

I long to do so. I cannot do it just now, but I would if I could; and I will do it when you will grant me deliverance from my present peril.

With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed.

Salvation is of the LORD.

That is one of the grandest utterances that any man ever made: "SALVATION!" Write it in capital letters. It is a very emphatic word in the Hebrew, and I might read it, "Mighty salvation is of Jehovah." This is real, old-fashioned Calvinistic doctrine spoken centuries before John Calvin was born.

The whale could not endure it, and he turned Jonah out as soon as he said, Salvation is of the Lord. The world does not like that doctrine, and there are many professing Christians who do not like it. They say, "Salvation is of man's free will; salvation is of the works of the law; salvation is of rites and ceremonies;" and so on. But we say, with Jonah, Salvation is of the Lord. He works it from beginning to end, and therefore he must have all the praise for it forever and ever.