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2:9 a voice of This term is used in the sense of “sound,” probably to indicate thankful singing.
will sacrifice to you Jonah intends to offer a sacrifice in the temple when he returns to Jerusalem (see Jonah 2:4).
I will fulfill what I have vowed Jonah may have vowed to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh when he prayed for deliverance (see v. 2), or the reference may be to the first half of the verse and Jonah is at that moment making a vow to Yahweh.
Deliverance belongs to Yahweh The Hebrew word used here, yeshu’a, meaning “salvation,” is used in the sense of deliverance.
Barry, J. D., Mangum, D., Brown, D. R., Heiser, M. S., Custis, M., Ritzema, E., Whitehead, M. M., Grigoni, M. R., & Bomar, D. (2012, 2016). Faithlife Study Bible (Jon 2:9). Lexham Press.
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