5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 4-10)When Jonah was set on ship-board, and under sail for Tarshish, he thought himself safe enough; but here we find him pursued and overtaken, discovered and convicted as a deserter from God, as one that had run his colours . I. God sends a pursuer after him, a mighty tempest in the sea , Jonah 1:4. God has the winds in his treasure (Ps. 135:7), and out of these treasures God sent forth , he cast fort...
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