7And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
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The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. …
And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. …
Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. …
And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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