And, &c. Jonah's rapid thought and words before he died were subsequently written down by him; for all the verbs are in the past tense, not the present. Compare Jonah 2:6, "didst bring", &c. See notes on p. 1247.
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Jonah 2:10
10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.