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Jonah 2:4 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for Jonah 2:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 2 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.”
Jonah 2:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Jonah 2:4
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. Jonah's emotional state oscillates between despair and hope. "I am cast out of thy sight" (nigrashti minneged eyneka, נִגְרַשְׁתִּי מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ) uses garash (גָּרַשׁ), meaning to drive out, expel, or banish—the same verb used for Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden (Genesis 3:24) and Israel's threatened exile for covenant unfaithfulness (Leviticus 26:33). Jonah feels utterly rejected, cut off from God's presence and favor.Yet immediately faith asserts itself: "yet I will look again toward thy holy templ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jonah 2:4
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“I said in my haste”
“in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.”
“where they have carried them captive”
“for peace I had great anguish”
“he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day”
“as I have cast out all your brothers”
“[or] by all your people Israel”
“I cry to God for help”
“who carried them captive”
“Yahweh has forsaken me”