Jonah 2:1
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
BSB
ASV
Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly.
KJV
Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,
prayer from the fish's belly — the theme's extreme case: prayer possible from the lowest point
Then - (“And”) Jonah prayed, i. e., when the three days and nights were passed, he uttered this devotion. The word “prayed” includes thanksgiving, not petition only. It is said of Hannah that she “prayed” 1Sa 2:1; but her canticle is all one thanksgiving without a single petition. In this thanksgiving Jonah says how his prayers had been heard, but prays no more. God had delivered him from the sea, and be thanks God, in the fish’s belly, as undisturbed as in a Church or an oratory, secure that God, who had done so much, would fulfill the rest.
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
leads to
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
Through
Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
leads to
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
