“ They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. ”
They that observe lying vanities - , i. e., (by the force of the Hebrew form , that diligently watch, pay deference to, court, sue, “vanities of vanities,” vain things, which prove themselves vai...
They that observe lying (e) vanities forsake their own (f) mercy. (e) Those that depend upon anything except on God alone. (f) They refuse their own felicity, and that goodness which they would oth...
Thanksgiving for Deliverance. This psalm is a thanksgiving for deliverance from peril, and therefore, if spoken by Jonah, should have followed Jonah 2:10 . The description, however, is quite unsui...
observe . regard, or heed. lying . empty. forsake their own mercy . do not heed their chastisement. forsake . not to heed. Hebrew. 'azab. Compare Genesis 2:24 . mercy. Hebrew. hesed. ....
Here Jonah says first, that men miserably go astray, when they turn aside to vain superstitions, for they rob themselves of the chief good: for he calls whatever help or aid that is necessary f...
DISCOURSE: 1200 JONAH’S REFLECTIONS IN THE WHALE’S BELLY John 2:7-9 . When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that obs...
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. They that observe lying vanities - They that trust in idols, follow vain predictions, permit themselves to be influenced with foolish fears,...
Forsake their own mercy, &c.— "They who worship idols abandon the mercy of God, render it useless, and reject it, even though offered to them and always ready to save them." Houbigant reads the...
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. They that observe lying vanities - regard or reverence idols, powerless to save ( Psalms 31:6 ). Forsake their own mercy - Yahweh...
His Prayer of Thanksgiving This beautiful song of deliverance shows clearly the familiarity of the writer with earlier Psalms. It reflects very plainly the horror inspired by the sea in the minds...
They that observe lying vanities. — See Note, Psalms 31:6 . Forsake their own mercy — i.e. , forfeit their own share of the covenant grace. In Psalms 37:28 it is said that Jehovah does not f...
THE GREAT FISH AND WHAT IT MEANS-THE PSALM John 2:1-10 AT this point in the tale appears the Great Fish. "And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the f...
a Prayer from the Depths John 1:17 ; John 2:1-10 The great fish was probably a shark. He who sent the storm prepared the fish. Life is full of contrivances on the part of the great Lover of me...
In the midst of the strange and awful circumstances in which he found himself, Jonah poured out his soul in anguish to Jehovah. The prayer as chronicled for us consists of quotations from the Book of...
The words of Jonah are very remarkable when he saith, though he was cast out of the Lord's sight, yet he would look again. A plain proof that he had looked before. But what I particularly beg the Rea...
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. They that worship idols, who are nothing, mere vanity and lies, and deceive those that serve them, these forsake the God of their lives, an...
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. Ver. 8. They that observe lying vanities ] That listen to sense and reason in matters of God, and make provision for the flesh, to fulfil...
They that observe lying vanities , &c. They that seek to, or trust in, idols, (often called by the names of vanity and lies,) forsake their own mercy Forsake him who alone is able to show me...
Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. B. C. 840. 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the...
Whoever they are that do, as the heathen mariners, seek to, depend upon, and wait for help from idols, false gods, whoever choose them for their assistance, and worship them, do depend upon most fals...
Jonah's Prayer Of Repentance And Gratitude ( Jonah 2:1-10 ). Finding himself rescued from drowning, Jonah expressed his gratitude to God, and, probably puzzled as to where he was, called on God fo...
CRITICAL NOTES . Jonah 2:8 .] When prayer reaches to God he helps and saves. Salvation is only from Him. Idolaters forfeit their mercy. Observe ] Lit. regard, hold to, an intensive form: “pay...
Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the...
Jonah 2:1 . Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. What a strange place for prayer! Surely then is the only prayer that ever went up to God out of a fish's belly. Jonah...
Jonah 2:4 . Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight. After what we have heard of the misguided and offending conduct of Jonah, we need not wonder to find him sinking into deep dejection and distre...
And Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God, out of the fish’s belly. The return to God The object in setting forth the history of Jonah is to show the nature of his sin, the truth of his penitence,...
EXPOSITION Jonah 2:1-32 Part I. JONAH 'S PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE . Jonah 2:1-32 1 . Jonah, in the belly of the fish, offers a prayer of thanksgiving for his rescue from death by...
Jonah's Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise. The words, as here recorded, are not a prayer for deliverance, but a thanksgiving to the Lord for the deliverance already effected. From this we see, as...
1 Samuel 12:21 ; 2 Kings 17:15 ; Habakkuk 2:18-20 ; Jeremiah 10:14 ; Jeremiah 10:15 ; Jeremiah 10:8 ; Jeremiah 16:19 ; Jeremiah 2:13 ; Psalms 31:6
Jonah, in the School of Affliction Jonah 2:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we think of Jonah in the whale's belly, we are thinking of the Lord in the heart of the earth. When we think of Christ in...
They — Whoever they are that depend upon idols. Mercy — The Lord, who is to all that depend upon him, the fountain of living waters; who is an eternal fountain of mercy, and flows freely to all tha...