Jonah 2:4

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

Cross-references

Psalm 31:22 Allusion

In Psalm 31:22, 'I am cut off from your sight' nearly quotes Jonah—both express feeling abandoned yet trust in God's hearing.

In Isaiah 38:10-14, Hezekiah laments being cut off from the land of the living, matching Jonah's feeling of being driven from God's sight.

In Isaiah 49:14, Zion cries out that the Lord has forsaken her—exactly the abandonment Jonah voices when he says he is driven from God's sight.

In Jeremiah 7:15, God says He will cast Judah out of His sight, using the same imagery of being removed from God's presence that Jonah laments.

In Ezekiel 37:11, Israel laments being cut off and without hope—the same condition Jonah expresses with 'driven away from your sight'.

2 Samuel 22:7 describes crying to God and being heard from his temple — Jonah’s hope to see the temple again ties to that same deliverance.

1 Kings 9:7 Allusion

In 1 Kings 9:7, God threatens to cast Israel out of His sight—the very experience Jonah describes as already happening to him.

Psalm 5:7 Parallel

Psalm 5:7 describes bowing toward the holy temple in reverence — Jonah's longing to see the temple again reflects that same devotion.

In Jeremiah 15:1, God commands to send the people out of His sight—a verbal echo of Jonah's sense of being driven away, though here it is a command.

Daniel 6:10 Parallel

Daniel 6:10 shows Daniel praying toward Jerusalem (temple) — Jonah's hope to look upon the temple aligns with that directional prayer.

In 1 Kings 8:48, prayer toward the temple is a pattern of repentance — Jonah's hope to look again upon the temple echoes this same orientation.

2 Chronicles 6:38 similarly directs prayer toward the temple as a gesture of repentance and hope, reinforcing Jonah's temple-oriented trust.

In Habakkuk 2:20, the holy temple is where God dwells; Jonah looks toward it despite being cast out, expressing hope in God's presence.