Jonah 2:8 (WEB)
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
Catechism · 1
“From the time of David to the coming of the Messiah texts appearing in these sacred books show a deepening in prayer for oneself and in prayer for others.” — Catechism footnote: Ezra 9:6-15; Neh 1:4-11; Jon 2:3-10; Tob 3:11-16; Jdt 9:2-14.
Fathers and councils · 2
Cyril of Jerusalem
“And foreseeing the deeds of the Jews who persuaded the soldiers to lie, and told them, Say that they stole Him away, he says, By regarding lying vanities they forsook their own mercy.” — editor's note: v. 8.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“We have indeed shared between us the words and the trials of the prophet; your holiness has used the words; I am buffeted by the hurricane and billows, and against the rowers of the ship I exclaim in his words “They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.”” — editor's note: Jonah ii. 8
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Letters Letter 124.