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x.xxxii.iii-p1.2

x.xxxii.iii-p1.283 words

Jon 2:1-10. Jonah's Prayer of Faith and Deliverance.

1. his God—"his" still, though Jonah had fled from Him. Faith enables Jonah now to feel this; just as the returning prodigal says of the Father, from whom he had wandered, "I will arise and go to my Father" (Lu 15:18).

out of the fish's belly—Every place may serve as an oratory. No place is amiss for prayer. Others translate, "when (delivered) out of the fish's belly." English Version is better.