Jonah 2:4 - A Little Bit Softer Now
So I said, “I have been expelled from Your eyes. Nevertheless, I will look again toward your holy temple.” (Jonah 2.4, NASB, marg.)
In verse 4, Jonah’s prayer continues its echo of Jesus’s own words. In this verse we hear him say, “I have been expelled from Your eyes.” The same thought […]
Jonah 2:3 - A Little Bit Louder Now
For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Your breaches and billows passed over me. (Jonah 2.3, NASB)
In our last essay, we demonstrated that Jonah’s prayer(s) in the belly of the whale was not just that of a repenting prophet, but was […]