Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jonah 2:10
upon the dry land--probably on the coast of Palestine. Next: Jonah Chapter 3
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| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| LORD | יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| spake | וַיֹּ֥אמֶר vai.Yo.mer | H559 | to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| fish | לַדָּ֑ג la.Dag | H1709 | a fish (often used collectively) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute |
| out | וַיָּקֵ֥א vai.ya.Ke' | H6958 | to vomit · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| Jonah | יוֹנָ֖ה yo.Nah | H3124 | Jonah · proper noun, a man's name |
| dry | הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה hai.ya.ba.Shah | H3004 | dry ground · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute |
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upon the dry land--probably on the coast of Palestine. Next: Jonah Chapter 3
And the Lord spake unto the fish - That is, by his influence the fish swam to shore, and cast Jonah on the dry land. So the whole was a miracle from the beginning to the end; and we need not perplex ourselves to find out literal interpretations; such as, "When Jonah was thrown overboard he swam for his life, earnestly praying God to preserve him from drowning; and by his providence he was thrown into a place of fish - a fishing cove, where he was for a time entangled among the weeds, and hardly escaped with his life; and when safe, he composed this poetic prayer, in metaphorical language, which some have wrongly interpreted, by supposing that he was swallowed by a fish; when דג dag should ha…
Read the whole note in the consoleAnd the Lord spake unto the fish,.... Or gave orders to it; he that made it could command it; all creatures are the servants of God, and do his will; what he says is done; he so ordered it by his providence, that this fish should come near the shore, and be so wrought upon by his power, that it could not retain Jonah any longer in its belly. It may be rendered (h), "then the Lord spake", &c. after Jonah had finished his prayer, or put up those ejaculations, the substance of which is contained in the above narrative: and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land; not upon the shore of the Red sea, as some; much less upon the shore of Nineveh, which was not built upon the seashore, but upon the…
Read the whole note in the consoleJonah 2:10 10. And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land 10. Et dixit Jehovah pisci (hoc est, praecepit;) et evomuit Jonam super aridam. The deliverance of Jonah is here in few words described; but how attentively ought we to consider the event? It was an incredible miracle, that Jonah should have continued alive and safe in the bowels of the fish for three days. For how was it that he was not a thousand times smothered or drowned by waters? We know that fish continually draw in water: Jonah could not certainly respire while in the fish; and the life of man without breathing can hardly continue for a minute. Jonah, then, must have been preserved beyond t…
The prophet is animated with good hope, and now secure about his liberation, he promises that he will sacrifice thanksgiving and that he will fulfill all vows.
Jonah did not escape the sea by the power of his birth, but by the hidden divine command he was thrown overboard, and a whale received him, vomited him out after three days as a sign of future mystery, and reserved him by the merit of prophetic grace.
If, however, any one imagine it impossible that men should survive for such a length of time, and that Elias was not caught up in the flesh, but that his flesh was consumed in the fiery chariot, let him consider that Jonah, when he had been cast into the deep, and swallowed down into the whale's belly, was by the command of God again thrown out safe upon the land.
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"Then Jehovah spake to the fish, and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land." The nature of God's speaking, or commanding, may be inferred from the words ויּקא וגו. Cyril explains the thought correctly thus: The whale is again impelled by a certain divine and secret power of God, being moved to that which seems good to Him." The land upon which Jonah was vomited was, of course, the coast of Palestine, probably the country near Joppa. According to Jon 2:1, this took place on the third day after he had been swallowed by the fish.
The conclusion to Jonah’s psalm-prayer bears similarity to 1:16: The sailors also responded to the Lord’s power to save and acts of mercy with sacrifices and vows.
for the salvation of the Lord—Vows of peace-offerings and thanksgiving offerings I will pay, for the salvation of the Lord. for the salvation Heb. יְשׁוּעָתָה, like לִישׁוּעָה, for the salvation. Cf. (Ps. 44: 27) “Rise for our aid (עֶזְרָתָה),” equivalent to לְעֶזְרָה
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