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title: "Jonah 2 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary"
description: "Read Jonah 2 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of"
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 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, *and* thou heardest my voice.**

 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.*

 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

 5 The waters compassed me about, *even* to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

 6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars *was* about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.**

 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

 8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay *that* that I have vowed. Salvation *is* of the LORD.

 10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry *land*.
 
[Jonah 1](/study/jonah/1) [Jonah 3](/study/jonah/3)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
Verse [Jonah 2:1](/kjv/jonah/2/1). ***Then Jonah prayed - out of the fish's belly*** — This verse makes the *first* of the *second* chapter in the Hebrew text. 

It may be asked, "How could Jonah either pray or breathe in the stomach of the fish?" Very easily, if God so willed it. And let the reader keep this constantly in view; the whole is a *miracle*, from Jonah's being swallowed by the fish till he was cast ashore by the same animal. It was God that had *prepared the great fish*. It was the *Lord that spake to the fish, and caused it to vomit* *Jonah upon the dry land*. ALL is miracle.

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