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Jonah 2

Jonah 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Jonah
Yonah (Hebrew #3124)
Jonah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Jonah.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: the same as 3123
prayed
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
his God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
out of the fish’s
dagah (Hebrew #1710)
feminine of 1709, and meaning the same
KJV usage: fish.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
belly
me`ah (Hebrew #4578)
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extens. the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)
KJV usage: belly, bowels, X heart, womb.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft
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Fish; Fishers; Fishing,
God,
Jonah,
Prayer

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-9:  The prayer of Jonah.
10:  He is delivered out of the belly of the fish.
prayed.
2 Chron. 33:11‑13• 11Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
 12And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
 13And prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. (2 Chron. 33:11‑13)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 91:15• 15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. (Psa. 91:15)
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Isa. 26:16• 16Lord, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. (Isa. 26:16)
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Hos. 5:15• 15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)
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Hos. 6:1‑3• 1Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
 2After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
 3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. (Hos. 6:1‑3)
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James 5:13• 13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. (James 5:13)
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Job 13:15• 15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (Job 13:15)
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Psa. 130:1‑2• 1<<A Song of degrees.>> Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
 2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. (Psa. 130:1‑2)
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Lam. 3:53‑56• 53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
 54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
 55I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon.
 56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. (Lam. 3:53‑56)
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Acts 16:24‑25• 24Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
 25And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. (Acts 16:24‑25)
• His prayer for deliverance foreshadows that of the Jewish remnant. They will call upon the name of the Lord and on the third day they will be restored. “Three days and three nights” points to resurrection, and thus, there will be a national resurrection of Israel after they turn to the Lord (Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; Hos. 6:2-3). (“The Prophecies of Jonah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly;