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9And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

Jonah 1:9

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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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