“Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.”
The statement that the waters encompassed the soul and the deep surrounded him indicate the totality of the threatening waters. The descent to the bottom of the mountains indicates the descent to Sheol itself.
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Adam Smith 2Note1mo agoHope in suffering - Jonah 2
God is faithful in every circumstance. The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. God is faithful in ev...
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Omar HassanNote1mo agoThe cost of discipleship - Jonah 2
God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every circumstance. Today it speaks comfort; a year ago it spoke conviction.
God is faithful in every circumstance. God is faithful in every ...
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