Jonah 2:8

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They that observe lying vanities - , i. e., (by the force of the Hebrew form , that diligently watch, pay deference to, court, sue, “vanities of...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 ow...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Thanksgiving for Deliverance. This psalm is a thanksgiving for deliverance from peril, and therefore, if spoken by Jonah, should have followed Jon...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

observe . regard, or heed. lying . empty. forsake their own mercy . do not heed their chastisement. forsake . not to heed. Hebrew. 'azab. Co...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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 i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. They that observe lying vanities - They that trust in idols, follow vain predictions, permi...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. They that observe lying vanities - regard or reverence idols, powerless to save ( P...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His Prayer of Thanksgiving This beautiful song of deliverance shows clearly the familiarity of the writer with earlier Psalms. It reflects very pl...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Lying vanities ] cp. Deuteronomy 32:21 = idol gods. 'Vanity,' lit. 'a breath,' means something evanescent and worthless. Their own mercy ] This...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 chronic...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. They that worship idols, who are nothing, mere vanity and lies, and deceive those that se...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 o...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. B. C. 840....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 assi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah's Prayer Of Repentance And Gratitude ( Jonah 2:1-10 ). Finding himself rescued from drowning, Jonah expressed his gratitude to God, and, pro...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Those who regard lying vanities, Forsake their own mercy, But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving, I will pay what I have vowed...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Jonah 2:8 .] When prayer reaches to God he helps and saves. Salvation is only from Him. Idolaters forfeit their mercy. Observ...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 differ...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 Biblical Illustrator

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. The value of superstitions Here we learn the value to attach to all superstitions, to...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 pr...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 d...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They that observe lying vanities, placing their trust in idols and in false worship, forsake their own mercy, deliberately abandon their one hope o...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 eter...

⁸ They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Related Commentaries of Jonah 2:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jonah 2:8