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A Prayer of Thanks, Not Pleading
Commentators note that Jonah's prayer is surprisingly not a plea for rescue but a psalm of thanksgiving. Like Hannah's song in 1 Samuel 2, it praises God for a deliverance already in motion. This shows Jonah's confidence that God, having miraculously preserved him, would complete his rescue. It models a faith that thanks God in the middle of a trial, not just after it's over.
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Albert Barnes
On Jonah 2:1
18th Century
Theologian
Then Jonah prayed, that is, when the three days and nights were passed, he uttered this devotion. The word “prayed” includes thanksgiving, n…
Charles Ellicott
On Jonah 2:1
19th Century
Bishop
Then Jonah prayed.— This introduction, to what is in reality a psalm of thanksgiving, has its parallel in Hannah’s song (…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jonah 2:1
19th Century
Preacher
What a strange place for prayer! Surely that is the only prayer that ever went up to God out of a fish's belly. Jonah found himself alive; that was…
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John Calvin
On Jonah 2:1–2
16th Century
Theologian
When Jonah says that he prayed from the bowels of the fish, he first shows with what courage of mind he was endowed. He had then put on a …
John Gill
On Jonah 2:1
17th Century
Pastor
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's
belly .
] Though Jonah had …
Matthew Henry
On Jonah 2:1–9
17th Century
Minister
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…