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THANKING GOD (3 OF 6)
by Marion Clark
Scripture: Jonah 1:17, Jonah 2:1-10
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Thanking God (3 of 6)
Series: Jonah
D. Marion Clark
Jonah 1:17-2:10
Introduction
We now come to the miracle that makes Jonah famous - his being swallowed by the big fish.
Text
17 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,
The prayer is written as Hebrew poetry. The distinctive feature of Hebrew poetry is the repetition of a thought in the next line. See it in the opening verse.
''I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
Jonah cries out to the Lord, and the Lord hears. He responds. That is the theme of the prayer. In his need he called out to the Lord and the Lord saved him. The rest of the prayer develops this theme.
Verses 3 and 4 present the first stanza. In verse three he describes what happened.
3 For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
Notice that Jonah ascribes to the Lord what happened to him. We know that the mariners actually cast Jonah overboard at his recommendation. But Jonah says that the Lord cast him into the sea. And he ascribes even the elements of the stormy sea as belonging to God: ''your'' waves; ''your'' billows. His point is that the Lord is behind all that is taking place.
4 Then I said, 'I am driven away
from your sight;
yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.'
Though Jonah is in peril, he nevertheless has hope. Note how he describes it: ''yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.'' He is going to speak of the temple again and make an inference to it near the end, so the concept of the temple is significant. What is that significance? The temple signifies the presence of the Lord.
Remember how Jonah's flight was described as fleeing ...
Series: Jonah
D. Marion Clark
Jonah 1:17-2:10
Introduction
We now come to the miracle that makes Jonah famous - his being swallowed by the big fish.
Text
17 And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,
The prayer is written as Hebrew poetry. The distinctive feature of Hebrew poetry is the repetition of a thought in the next line. See it in the opening verse.
''I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
Jonah cries out to the Lord, and the Lord hears. He responds. That is the theme of the prayer. In his need he called out to the Lord and the Lord saved him. The rest of the prayer develops this theme.
Verses 3 and 4 present the first stanza. In verse three he describes what happened.
3 For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
Notice that Jonah ascribes to the Lord what happened to him. We know that the mariners actually cast Jonah overboard at his recommendation. But Jonah says that the Lord cast him into the sea. And he ascribes even the elements of the stormy sea as belonging to God: ''your'' waves; ''your'' billows. His point is that the Lord is behind all that is taking place.
4 Then I said, 'I am driven away
from your sight;
yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.'
Though Jonah is in peril, he nevertheless has hope. Note how he describes it: ''yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.'' He is going to speak of the temple again and make an inference to it near the end, so the concept of the temple is significant. What is that significance? The temple signifies the presence of the Lord.
Remember how Jonah's flight was described as fleeing ...
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