Micah (7:19) refers to God "hurling" all our sins into the depths of the sea. The same language is used in Jonah 2:3 "You 'hurled' me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas." Jonah sank into the depths of the sea weighed down by his own sin. #jonahlectures
Jonah uses Genesis imagery. We see this in the use of the uncommon root רדם to describe Jonah’s sleep (Jon. 1.5, 6). From this root, the noun תרדמה is derived, the word used for the divine coma- sleep of Adam when God formed Eve from his rib (Gen. 2.21). #jonahlectures
Jonah’s wish for death at the end is the same language used by the Israelites when they regret leaving Egypt. They both lament leaving a place of "safety", Jonah to the point of wishing his own death. #jonahlectures
Lovely:
"Jonah was a queer and odd saint who is angry because God’s mercy...and yet he is God’s dear child. He chats so uninhibitedly with God as though he were not in the least afraid of Him—as indeed he is not; he confides in him as a father." - Martin Luther #jonahlectures
"Jonah was a queer and odd saint who is angry because God’s mercy...and yet he is God’s dear child. He chats so uninhibitedly with God as though he were not in the least afraid of Him—as indeed he is not; he confides in him as a father." - Martin Luther #jonahlectures
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