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Jonah 2 — Sermon Preparation
From inside the fish, Jonah prays a psalm of desperate thanksgiving, and the fish vomits him onto dry land. Below is a research summary for Jonah 2, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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Jonah 2 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יוֹנָה | Yôwnâh | H3124 | 4 | Jonah |
| דָּג | dâg | H1709 | 3 | fish |
| מֵעֶה | mêʻeh | H4578 | 2 | intestines, abdomen |
| הֵיכָל | hêykâl | H1964 | 2 | palace, temple |
| סָבַב | çâbab | H5437 | 2 | revolve, surround |
| שָׁלוֹשׁ | shâlôwsh | H7969 | 2 | three, third |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 2 | sacred, sanctity |
How preachers through history handled this text
16 public-domain excerpts on Jonah 2, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Observe when Jonah prayed. When he was in trouble, under the tokens of God's displeasure against him for sin: when we are in affliction we must pray. Being kept alive by miracle, he prayed. A sense of God's good-will to us, notwithstanding our offences, opens the lips in prayer, which were closed with the dread of wrath. Also, where he prayed; in the belly of the fish. No place is amiss for prayer. Men may shut us from communion with one another, but not from communion with God. To whom he prayed; to the Lord his God. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Jonah 2:1–9 (Public Domain)
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