Jonah 2:3 (DBY)

Passage

For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

Nearby Context

Jonah 2:1 And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;

Jonah 2:2 and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.

Jonah 2:3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

Jonah 2:4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.

Jonah 2:5 The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "didst", "cast", "depth", "heart", "seas", "flood", and "round". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "didst", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "and he said I cried by reason..." into verse 4's "And I said I am cast out...", so "thou" and "didst" belong inside that flow. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "didst" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.