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Haimo of Auxerre

Medieval · AD 800–1500 · 27 passages across 2 books

Commentary

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Jonah 2:10

And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

The prophet is animated with good hope, and now secure about his liberation, he promises that he will sacrifice thanksgiving and that he will fulfill all vows.

Jonah 3:1

And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

This is not uttered with reproach, nor is he asked, "Why did you not do what I commanded?" Indeed the hard correction of being shipwrecked and being swallowed was sufficient.

Jonah 3:2

Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

Jonah arose, it says; he did not delay, but immediately made himself ready for obeying.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

For if the world is converted, God is converted; and when the sinners change their life, He will change His sentence.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Partly Jonah prays, partly he complains, saying he did not wish to flee.

Jonah 4:4

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

Jonah understood that Israel would be destroyed. For the Lord did not say, "You are angered evilly," lest He seem to blame the saddened man; on the other hand, He did not say, "You are angered rightly," lest He be contrary to His own sentence. Therefore, He questions him concerning the causes of his grief, in order that he may answer, or if he were silent, he may by his silence confirm the judgment of God.

Jonah 4:11

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

For the good are understood by the right hand, bad by the left.

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