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Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
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God's Word Commands Creation
Commentators emphasize that God simply "spoke" to the fish, and it obeyed. This demonstrates God's absolute sovereignty over all creation. As Charles Spurgeon notes, if God can command a sea monster, He can speak into any situation and bring about His will, including delivering a sinner from their sin.
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Jonah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Lord spake unto the fish - [Psalms 148:8]. Wind and storm fulfill His word. The irrational creatures have …
19th Century
Baptist
God has only to speak, and even sea-monsters obey him. I do not know how he spoke to the fish; I do not know how to talk to a fish, but God does. A…
16th Century
Protestant
The deliverance of Jonah is described here in few words; but how attentively should we consider the event? It was an incredible miracle that Jonah …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord spoke unto the fish Or gave orders to it; he that made it could command it; all creatures are the serva…
Jonah's deliverance may be considered as an instance of God's power over all the creatures, as an instance of God's mercy to a poor penitent who in…
