{"id":22563,"date":"2022-09-24T09:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-jonah-24\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T09:34:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T14:34:54","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-jonah-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-jonah-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 2:4"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 4<\/strong>. <em> Then I said<\/em>, &amp;c.] The first clause of this verse may, perhaps, be a reminiscence of the first clause of <span class='bible'>Psa 31:22<\/span> (Heb. 23), though there the words &ldquo;in my haste&rdquo; are added, and a different verb (&ldquo;cut off&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;cast out&rdquo;) is used. &ldquo;Jonah substitutes the stronger word, <em> I am cast forth<\/em>, driven forth, expelled, like the <em> mire and dirt<\/em> (<span class='bible'>Isa 57:20<\/span>), which the waves drive along, or like the waves themselves in their restless motion ( <em> ib.<\/em>), or the heathen (the word is the same) whom God had driven out before Israel (<span class='bible'>Exo 34:11<\/span>), or as Adam from Paradise. (<span class='bible'>Gen 3:24<\/span>.)&rdquo; Pusey.<\/p>\n<p><em> thy holy temple<\/em> ] Not the heavenly temple or dwelling-place of God, but the literal temple. This is not, however, an expression of Jonah&rsquo;s confident belief that, outcast as he now seemed to be, he would certainly be delivered, and visit again, and behold once more with his bodily eyes the temple on Mount Sion. It is the then present thought and resolution with which, when he said &ldquo;I am cast out of Thy sight,&rdquo; he corrected and overcame his unbelieving despondency. &ldquo;One thing is left me still, one resource is still open to me, I will still pray, I will look (mentally) yet again towards Thy holy temple.&rdquo; The phrase &ldquo;to look towards the temple,&rdquo; denoting prayer, has its origin in the prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the Temple. See <span class='bible'>1Ki 8:29-30<\/span>; <span class='bible'>1Ki 8:48<\/span>, and comp. <span class='bible'>Dan 6:10<\/span>. The fact that Jonah was a prophet of the Northern Kingdom is no valid objection to this view. The Temple on Mount Sion was <em> the only centre<\/em> of the true worship of Jehovah, and was recognised as such by all faithful Israelites. But it would be enough to say with Calvin, &ldquo;He had been circumcised, he had been a worshipper of God from his youth, he had been educated in the Law, he had been a constant participator in the sacrifies: under the name of the Temple he briefly comprehends all these things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>I am cast out of Thy sight &#8211; <\/B>, literally, from before Thine eyes. Jonah had willfully withdrawn from standing in Gods presence. Now God had taken him at his word, and, as it seemed, cast him out of it. David had said in his haste, I am cut off. Jonah substitutes the stronger word, I am cast forth,  driven forth, expelled, like the mire and dirt <span class='bible'>Isa 57:20<\/span> which the waves drive along, or like the waves themselves in their restless motion <span class='bible'>Isa 57:20<\/span>, or the pagan (the word is the same) whom God had driven out before Israel (<span class='bible'>Exo 34:11<\/span>, and the Piel often), or as Adam from Paradise <span class='bible'>Gen 3:24<\/span>.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>Yet (Only) I will look again &#8211; <\/B>He was, as it were, a castaway, cast out of Gods sight, unheeded by Him, his prayers unheard; the storm unabated, until he was cast forth. He could no longer look with the physical eye even toward the land where God showed the marvels of His mercy, and the temple where God was worshiped continually. Yet what he could not do in the body, he would do in his soul. This was his only resource. If I am cast away, this one thing will I do, I will still look to God. Magnificent faith! Humanly speaking, all hope was gone, for, when that huge vessel could scarcely live in the sea, how should a man? When God had given it no rest, while it contained Jonah, how should tie will that Jonah should escape? Nay, God had hidden His Face from him; yet he did this one, this only thing only this, once more, still I will add to look to God. Thitherward would he look, so long as his mind yet remained in him.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\">If his soul parted from him, it should go forth from him in that gaze. God gave him no hope, save that He preserved him alive. For he seemed to himself forsaken of God. Wonderful pattern of faith which gains strength even from Gods seeming desertion! I am cast vehemently forth from before Thine eyes; yet this one thing will I do; mine eyes shrill be unto Thee, O Lord. The Israelites, as we see from Solomons dedication prayer, prayed toward the temple, (<span class='bible'>1Ki 8:29-30<\/span>, <span class='bible'>1Ki 8:35<\/span> ff) where God had set His Name and shown His glory, where were the sacrifices which foreshadowed the great atonement. Thitherward they looked in prayer, as Christians, of old, prayed toward the East, the seat of our ancient Paradise. where our Lord shall appear unto them that look for Him, a second time unto salvation. <span class='bible'>Heb 9:28<\/span>. Toward that temple then he would yet look with fixed eye  for help, where God, Who fills heaven and earth, showed Himself to sinners reconciled.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Albert Barnes&#8217; Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span class='bible'>Jon 2:4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Yet will I look again toward Thy holy temple.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>The backsliders vow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The leading feature of the story is that of one man sacrificed for the rest of the crew<strong>:<\/strong> it is the execution of the culprit, in arrest of judgment on the innocent. Lessons&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>The deepest remorse has its remedy in a return to duty. Jonahs truant flight was a sudden impulse. The backslider often knows that the sin by which he fell away was the result of sudden temptation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <\/strong>Looking again to the covenant of God in Christ is the appointed way of salvation. It is also useful to consider what it was that cast you out of Gods sight, in order that you may cast that out of your sight. (<em>Joseph B. Owen, M. A.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Verse <span class='bible'>4<\/span>. <I><B>I am cast out of thy sight<\/B><\/I>] See <span class='bible'>Ps 31:22<\/span>.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> <I><B>Thy holy temple.<\/B><\/I>] Then Jerusalem was not yet destroyed, for the <I>temple<\/I> was standing.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>Then:<\/B> though this word with us ordinarily denoteth time, yet here it denoteth order and connexion; the Hebrew is <I>And. I said<\/I>, with myself, I thought in the midst of my fears and sufferings. <\/P> <P><B>I am cast out of thy sight; <\/B>cut off from all hope of life among men; rejected, forsaken, and as it were forgotten of my God, and left by this death to pass to a worse death. Thus he was racked with sense of present danger from Gods displeasure, and. is almost carried away with a despair of ever seeing the face of God again with comfort. much as <span class='bible'>Psa 31:22<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Lam 4:22<\/span>. <\/P> <P><B>Yet I will look again:<\/B> his faith begins to recover itself; he will not, as despairing ones, any more look toward lost hopes, but with reviving hope he will hope against hope, and never yield to such despairs. <\/P> <P><B>Towards thy holy temple; <\/B>where the ark of the covenant, where the mercy-seat, where propitiatory sacrifices are offered, where is Gods high priest, types of the great Redeemer, Mediator, and Saviour, by whom sin is expiated, sinners pardoned, grace and favour communicated, where God commands the blessing, life for evermore; he will look and hope to appear in the material typical temple, and to find there grace dispositive for, as well as significative of, glory in the heavenly temple; he hopes for both. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>4. cast out from thy sight<\/B>thatis, from Thy favorable regard. A just retribution on one who had fled&#8221;<I>from the presence<\/I> of the Lord&#8221; (<span class='bible'>Jon1:3<\/span>). Now that he has got his desire, he feels it to be hisbitterest sorrow to be deprived of God&#8217;s presence, which once heregarded as a burden, and from which he desired to escape. He hadturned his back on God; so God turned His back on him, making his sinhis punishment. <\/P><P>       <B>toward thy holy temple<\/B>Inthe confidence of faith he anticipates yet to see the temple atJerusalem, the appointed place of worship (<span class='bible'>1Ki8:38<\/span>), and there to render thanksgiving [HENDERSON].Rather, I think, &#8220;Though cast out of Thy sight, I will still<I>with the eye of faith<\/I> once more <I>look in prayer<\/I> towardsThy temple at Jerusalem, whither, as Thy earthly throne, Thou hastdesired Thy worshippers to direct their prayers.&#8221;<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight<\/strong>,&#8230;. Or, &#8220;from before thine eyes&#8221; d; the Targum, from before thy Word; as David also said in his distress, <span class='bible'>Ps 31:22<\/span>; not but that he knew he was in the reach and under the eye of his omniscience, which saw him in the fish&#8217;s belly, in the depths of the sea, for nothing can hide from that; but he thought he was no longer under the eye of his providence; and that he would no more care for him, but leave him in this forlorn condition, and not deliver him; and especially he concluded that he would no more look upon him with an eye of love, grace, and mercy, pity and compassion: these are the words of one in despair, or near unto it; and yet a beam of light, a ray of hope, breaks in, and a holy resolution is formed, as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>yet I will look again toward thy holy temple<\/strong>; not the temple at Jerusalem, towards which men used to look when they prayed, being at a distance from it, <span class='bible'>1Ki 8:29<\/span>; though there may be an allusion to such a practice; for it can hardly be thought that Jonah, in the fish&#8217;s belly, could tell which way the temple stood; and look towards that; but he looked upwards and heavenwards; he looked up to God in his holy temple in heaven; and though he was afraid he would not look down upon him in a way of grace and mercy, he was resolved to look up to God in the way of prayer and supplication; and particularly, for the further encouragement of his faith and hope, he looked to the Messiah, the antitype of the temple, ark, and mercy seat, and for whose sake he might hope his prayers would be heard and answered.<\/p>\n<p>d   &#8220;e regione oculorum tuorum&#8221;, Montanus, Piscator; &#8220;a coram oculis tuis&#8221;, Drusius, Burkius.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> In the first clause of this verse Jonah confirms again what I have said, &#8212; that when he sought to pray, not only the door was closed against him, but there were mountains, as it were, intervening, so that he could not breathe a prayer to God: for he did not so much think of the state in which he was; nay, but he chiefly considered his own case, how he had provoked the wrath of God. Hence he says,  I have said, I am cast away from the sight of thine eyes. Some give this frigid exposition, that he had been only expelled from his own country, that he might not behold the temple. But I have no doubt but that Jonah tells us here that he suffered extreme agonies, as though every hope of pardon had been cut off from him: &#8220;What! shall I yet hope that God will be propitious? It is not to be hoped.&#8221; This then is the casting away of which he speaks: for it is said that God casts us away, when he allows us no access to him. Hence Jonah thought that he was wholly alienated from God. Were any to object and say, that then his faith must have been extinct; the obvious answer is, &#8212; that in the struggle of faith there are internal conflicts; one thought is suggested, and then another of an opposite character meets it; there would indeed be no trial of our faith, except there were such internal conflicts; for when, with appeased minds, we can feel assured that God is propitious to us, what is the trial of faith? But when the flesh tells us that God is opposed to us, and that there is no more hope of pardon, faith at length sets up its shield, and repels this onset of temptation, and entertains hope of pardon: whenever God for a time appears implacable, then faith indeed is tried. Such then was the condition of Jonah; for, according to the judgment of the flesh, he thought that he was utterly cast away by God, so that he came to him in vain. Jonah, then, having not yet put off flesh and blood, could not immediately lay hold on the grace of God, but difficulties met him in his course. <\/p>\n<p> The latter clause is differently explained by interpreters. Some take it negatively, &#8220;I shall no more look towards the temple of thy holiness:&#8221; but the words admit not of this explanation.  &#1488;&#1498;,  ak,  means in Hebrew, truly, nevertheless; and it means also, certainly; and sometimes it is taken dubitatively, perhaps. The greater part of expounders render the clause thus, &#8220;But I shall see the temple of thy holiness;&#8221; as though Jonah here reproved his own distrust, which he had just expressed, as the case is with the faithful, who immediately check themselves, when they are tempted to entertain any doubt: &#8220;What! dost thou then cast away hope, when yet God will be reconciled to thee if thou wilt come to him?&#8221; Hence interpreters think that it is a sort of correction, as though Jonah here changed his mind, and retracted what he had previously taken up, as a false principle derived from the judgment of the flesh. He had said then that he had been cast away from the presence of the Lord; but now, according to these expositors, he repels that temptation, But I shall see thy holy temple; though I seem now to be rejected by thee, thou wilt at last receive me into favor. We may, however, explain this clause, consistently with the former, in this way, At least, or,  but, I would again see,  etc., as an expression of a wish. The future then may be taken for the optative mood, as we know that the Hebrews are wont thus to use the future tense, either when they pray or express a wish. This meaning then best agrees with the passage, that Jonah as yet doubtingly prays, At least, or, but, I would again, O Lord, see the temple of thy holiness. But since the former explanation which I have mentioned is probable, I do not contend for this. However this may be, we find that Jonah did not wholly despair, though the judgment of the flesh would drive him to despair; for he immediately turned his address to God. For they who murmur against God, on the contrary, speak in the third person, turning themselves, as it were, away from him: but Jonah here sets God before his eyes, I have been cast away,  he says, from the sight of thine eyes  He does not remonstrate here with God, but shows that he was seeking God still, though he thought that he was cast far away. <\/p>\n<p> Then he adds,  I would at least see again the temple of thy holiness. And by speaking of the temple, he no doubt set the temple before him as an encouragement to his faith. As then he had been cast away, he gathers everything that might avail to raise up and confirm his hope. He had indeed been circumcised, he had been a worshipper of God from his childhood, he had been educated in the Law, he had exercised himself in offering sacrifices: under the name of temple he now includes briefly all these things. We hence see that he thus encouraged himself to entertain good hope in his extreme necessity. And this is a useful admonition; for when every access to God seems closed up against us, nothing is more useful than to recall to mind, that he has adopted us from our very infancy, that he has also testified his favor by many tokens, especially that he has called us by his Gospel into a fellowship with his only-begotten Son, who is life and salvation; and then, that he has confirmed his favor both by Baptism and the Supper. When, therefore, these things come to our minds, we may be able by faith to break through all impediments. Let us go on &#8212; <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Calvin&#8217;s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(4) <strong>I am cast out of thy sight.<\/strong>Jonah had wilfully withdrawn from standing in Gods presence. Now God had taken him at his word, and, as it seemed, cast him out of it. David had said in his haste, I am cut off (<span class='bible'>Psa. 31:22<\/span>), Jonah substitutes the stronger word, I am cast forth, driven forth, expelled like the mire and dirt which the waves drive along, or like the waves themselves in their restless motion, or the heathen (the word is the same) whom God had driven out before Israel, or as Adam from Paradise (Pusey).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yet I will look again.<\/strong>The Hebrew is very impressive, and reads like one of those exile hopes so common in the Psalms: Yet I have one thing left, to turn towards Thy holy Temple and pray. (For the attitude see Note on <span class='bible'>Psa. 28:2<\/span>.)<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 4<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> Two emotions struggled within the supplicant. At first despair seized him. <\/p>\n<p><strong> Cast out <\/strong> He thought Jehovah had no further interest in him or care for him (<span class='bible'>Psa 31:22<\/span>). But the despondency was only temporary. He determined, even in his apparently hopeless condition, to appeal to Jehovah (<span class='bible'>Jon 2:7<\/span>). <\/p>\n<p><strong> Look again toward thy holy temple <\/strong> The position of prayer (<span class='bible'>1Ki 8:38<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 5:7<\/span>). On <em> holy <\/em> see on <span class='bible'>Joe 2:1<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Zec 14:20<\/span>. The temple in Jerusalem is the earthly dwelling place of Jehovah. The words do not necessarily express the expectation that the supplicant will be delivered and that after the deliverance he will &ldquo;look toward the temple.&rdquo; Even now, from the midst of the danger, in spite of the apparent hopelessness of the situation, he will again, as in times past, lift up his heart in prayer. There is no reason for changing 4b so as to read, &ldquo;How can I again look toward thy holy temple?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Jon 2:5<\/span> <strong> <\/strong> continues the description of the deadly peril. <\/p>\n<p><strong> Even to the soul <\/strong> The most vital part; it seems all over with him (<span class='bible'>Psa 18:4-5<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Psa 69:1<\/span>; for the second line compare <span class='bible'>Psa 69:2<\/span>). <\/p>\n<p><strong> The weeds were wrapped <\/strong> <strong> about my head <\/strong> The sea grass grows at the bottom. Another indication, therefore, of the depth of trouble to which the petitioner has sunk (<span class='bible'>Jon 2:3<\/span>). Wellhausen calls attention to the fact that sea grass does not grow in the belly of a fish.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> <\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And I said, &lsquo;I am cast out from before your eyes,<\/p>\n<p> Yet I will look again towards your holy temple.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> And his first thoughts as he viewed approaching death was that he had been cast out from before YHWH&rsquo;s eyes. He was a reject. But his automatic impulse had been to look towards the Temple of YHWH in his mind, even though he had recognised that he was a castaway. It was an instantaneous admission of guilt and a plea for acceptance. He who had refused mercy towards others was now seeking it for himself.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong><em><span class='bible'>Jon 2:4<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong>. <\/strong><strong><em>Then I said, I am cast out, <\/em><\/strong><strong>&amp;c.<\/strong> &#8220;My first apprehensions were, that as I had justly forfeited thy favour for my disobedience, so thou wouldst cast me out of thy protection. But, upon recollecting myself, I thought it my duty not to despair of thy mercy, but to direct my prayer toward thy heavenly habitation: for I have the strongest confidence, since thou hast thus far saved me, that <em>I shall look again towards thy holy temple.&#8221; <\/em>There is a great similarity between this prayer of Jonah and many expressions in the Psalms. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> The words of Jonah are very remarkable when he saith, though he was cast out of the Lord&#8217;s sight, yet he would look again. A plain proof that he had looked before. But what I particularly beg the Reader to notice in Jonah&#8217;s resolution of looking again is, that he would look towards the Lord&#8217;s holy temple. Everyone knows that reads the Bible, that this temple was the type of Christ. God in Christ, is, and was, the sum and substance of the whole temple, and of the whole furniture. Hence Jonah, like all the holy men of old, was looking for salvation, to a God in Christ. And, Reader! I pray you to keep in remembrance, that let the afflictions and exercises of God&#8217;s children be what they may, there can be no relief to any, or to all, but faith&#8217;s confidence and hope in God&#8217;s Christ.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Hawker&#8217;s Poor Man&#8217;s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> Jon 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 4. <strong> Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight<\/strong> ] Thus those straits brought him to these disputes of despair, as they did likewise David, <span class='bible'>Psa 31:22<\/span> , the Church in the Lamentations, <span class='bible'>Lam 4:22<\/span> , and others, apt enough in affliction to have hard conceits of God and heavy conceits of themselves. While men look at things present, while they live by sense only, it must need be with them as with a house without pillars, tottering with every blast; or as a ship without anchor, tossed with every wave. They must therefore thrust Hagar out of doors, and set up Sarah; silence their reason, and exalt faith, as did Jonah here; &#8220;Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight.&#8221; Here you may take him up for a dead man; here he inclineth somewhat to that of Cain, <span class='bible'>Gen 4:13-14<\/span> , and surely they that go down to this pit of despair, as Hezekiah speaketh of the grave, <span class='bible'>Isa 38:17<\/span> , cannot hope for God&rsquo;s truth as long as there they stay. <\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/p>\n<p> Yet I will look again toward thine holy temple<\/strong> ] Here he recollects and recovers himself; as the same soul may successively doubt and believe, not simultaneously; and faith, where it is right, will at length out wrestle diffidence, and make a man more than a conqueror, even a triumpher. When sense saith such a thing will not be, reason saith, It cannot be, faith gets above and saith, Yea, but it shall be; what talk you to me of impossibilities, I shall yet (as low as I am, and as forlorn) look again towards God&rsquo;s holy temple of heaven; yea, that here on earth, where God is sincerely served, and whereto the promises are annexed. Faith is by one fitly compared to the cork upon the net; though the lead on the one sinks it down, yet the cork on the other keeps it up in the water. The faithful soon check themselves for their doubtings and despondency, as Jonah here; as David chides David, <span class='bible'>Psa 43:5<\/span> ; and as Paul saith of himself and his fellows, that they were staggering, but not wholly sticking, <span class='bible'>2Co 4:8<\/span> .<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Then said, &amp;c. Compare Psa 81:22<\/p>\n<p>toward, &amp;c. Compare 1Ki 8:38. <\/p>\n<p>holy. See note on Exo 3:5. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>I said: Psa 31:22, Psa 77:1-7, Isa 38:10-14, Isa 38:17, Isa 49:14, Eze 37:11 <\/p>\n<p>out: 1Ki 9:7, Jer 7:15, Jer 15:1 <\/p>\n<p>toward: 1Ki 8:38, 1Ki 8:39, 1Ki 8:42, 1Ki 8:48, 2Ch 6:38, Psa 5:7, Dan 6:10 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Jdg 10:15 &#8211; do thou 2Sa 22:7 &#8211; out 2Ch 20:12 &#8211; our eyes Psa 30:3 &#8211; brought Lam 3:39 &#8211; a man Jon 2:7 &#8211; holy Hab 2:20 &#8211; the Lord Luk 15:18 &#8211; will arise<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Jon 2:4. Nothing is ever invisible to the eyes of God, so out of thy sight refers to Jonah&#8217;s side of the matter. He was hidden from all the scenes of the earth, yet he had faith in the existence of God and now turned to Him in his distress.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Jon 2:4-7. Then I said, I am cast out, &amp;c.  My first apprehensions were, that as I had justly forfeited thy favour by my disobedience, so thou wouldest cast me out of thy protection; yet, upon recollecting myself, I thought it my duty not to despair of thy mercy, but direct my prayer toward thy heavenly habitation.  Lowth. The waters compassed me even to the soul  Or life; that is, to the extreme hazard of my life; and I thought of nothing more than losing my life among the waves. I went, &amp;c.  I went down to the bottom of the sea, where the foundations of the mountains lie. Or, the fish carried me down as deep in the sea as are the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with her bars was about me  I found myself enclosed on every side, without any way for escape; and should have been enclosed for ever, had not thy power interposed. Yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption  But, notwithstanding it was involved in all these terrible circumstances, which seemed to preclude all possibility of its being preserved, yet thou, O my God, by thy power didst save my life from destruction. When my soul fainted within me  When I seemed just expiring, and lost all hopes of being preserved; I remembered the Lord  I thought of thy almighty power and boundless mercy, O Jehovah, who causest to be whatsoever thou willest; and my prayer came in unto thee  And therefore I addressed my prayer to thee, as being persuaded that thou couldest still preserve me, even in the most extreme dangers; and my faith was not disappointed; for I found, by the event, that thou couldest deliver me, as I believed thou wast able to do.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>2:4 Then I said, I am {c} cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.<\/p>\n<p>(c) This declared what his prayer was, and how he laboured between hope and despair, considering the neglect of his vocation, and God&#8217;s judgments for it: but yet in the end faith gained the victory.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>This condition made Jonah believe that God had turned His back on him (cf. Lev 21:7; Psa 31:22). Nevertheless he determined to seek God in prayer (cf. Psa 5:7). Looking toward God&rsquo;s holy temple is a synonym for praying, the temple being the place of prayer in Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36pt\">&quot;He felt he was cast out from the special regard and care which God exercises over His own. Now he realized how dire a thing it is to be apart from the presence of the Lord.&quot;<span style=\"color:#808080\"> [Note: Feinberg, p. 25.] <\/span><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 4. Then I said, &amp;c.] The first clause of this verse may, perhaps, be a reminiscence of the first clause of Psa 31:22 (Heb. 23), though there the words &ldquo;in my haste&rdquo; are added, and a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-jonah-24\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jonah 2:4&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}