Jonah 2:4 Cross References

Jonah 2:4

4: Then I said, `O LORD, you have driven me from your presence. How will I ever again see your holy Temple?'

In sudden fear I had cried out, "I have been cut off from the LORD!" But you heard my cry for mercy and answered my call for help.

Because of your unfailing love, I can enter your house; with deepest awe I will worship at your Temple.

Then if they turn to you with their whole heart and soul and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors, toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,

But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.

Yes, it was good for me to suffer this anguish, for you have rescued me from death and have forgiven all my sins.

And I will send you into exile, just as I did your relatives, the people of Israel. '

then I will uproot the people of Israel from this land I have given them. I will reject this Temple that I have set apart to honor my name. I will make Israel an object of mockery and ridicule among the nations.

I cry out to God without holding back. Oh, that God would listen to me!
When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I pray, with hands lifted toward heaven, pleading. There can be no joy for me until he acts.
I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with longing for his help.
You don't let me sleep. I am too distressed even to pray!
I think of the good old days, long since ended,

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, `We have become old, dry bones--all hope is gone.'

for they will hear of you and of your mighty miracles and your power--and when they pray toward this Temple,

Then if they turn to you with their whole heart and soul and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors, toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name,

and if your people offer a prayer concerning their troubles or sorrow, raising their hands toward this Temple,
then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people whatever they deserve, for you alone know the human heart.

I said, "In the prime of my life, must I now enter the place of the dead? Am I to be robbed of my normal years?"
I said, "Never again will I see the LORD GOD while still in the land of the living. Never again will I see my friends or laugh with those who live in this world.
My life has been blown away like a shepherd's tent in a storm. It has been cut short, as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom. Suddenly, my life was over.
I waited patiently all night, but I was torn apart as though by lions. Suddenly, my life was over.
Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!"

Then the LORD said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I wouldn't help them. Away with them! Get them out of my sight!

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