Bible Strands
Jonah 2:7
As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jonah speaks to the LORD while trapped in the belly of the great fish, following his descent to the roots of the mountains and his prior plea for deliverance.
The words — The Hebrew זָכָרְתִּי (za.Kha.re.ti) denotes a deliberate act of remembering Yahweh, and תּוֹבִיא (to.Vi') indicates the prayer's upward movement toward the divine presence.
The thread — This pattern of distress-driven prayer ascending to God's temple appears in Psalm 18:6 and 2 Chronicles 30:27, where cries from affliction are heard by the Lord.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that intentional focus on God directs desperate pleas toward His holy presence rather than toward idolatrous alternatives.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Cross-references
- Psalms 18:6 In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- 2 Chronicles 30:27 Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- 1 Samuel 30:6 And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- Psalms 11:4 The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Psalms 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
- Psalms 20:7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Psalms 27:13 Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- Psalms 77:10 So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
- Lamentations 3:21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
- Psalms 42:11 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.