The waters surrounded me, even to the soul: the deep closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Eyes, in a sort of despair, like the psalmist, xxx. 23. Yet he presently resumes fresh confidence in God, notwithstanding the greatness of his offences.
Temple. He went to Jerusalem, like other good Israelites.
Therefore, the hand of God was present with Jonah, working out a marvelous thing, a thing impossible by mans nature, nor the weakness of flesh can prevail against the will of God. For God is not subject to created things, but created things are subject to God; and things yield obedience to His will. Wherefore also the Lord declares, “The things which are impossible with men, are possible with God (Luke 18:27). (Against Heresies Bk. 5.2;2)
LXX: 'I said, I am cast far from your sight'. Before I cried out from the depths of my distress and before you heard me, me who had taken the position of slave and imitated its weakness, I said, "I am cast out of your sight". When I was with you enjoying your light and you, light, being light, I did not say "I am cast out". But once at the bottom of the sea and surrounded by the flesh of a man, I say: "I am cast out of your sight". I said this as a man. And as God being in that condition I did not think of my equality with you, because I wanted to raise mankind to you, so that wherever I am with you they are there as well and those who have believed in me and in you, I say: yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. LXX: 'do you not think I will be able to see your holy temple again?'. To express the Greek ara, the Vulgate edition's 'do you think' can be interpreted as 'therefore', like the last conclusion of the proposition, of the assumption and of the confirmation and syllogism, ...
