And I fear the Lord, &c.— Rather, I fear Jehovah, &c. Jehovah being the peculiar name of the true God, by which he was distinguished from those who had the names of gods and lords among the heathen. The words immediately following are a farther distinction between the true God and the gods of the heathen. See Lowth, and Grotius.
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Jonah 1:9
9 And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD,c the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.