Jonah 2:10

“And the Lord spake unto the fish, etc.] Or gave orders to it; he that made it could command it; all creatures are the servants of God, and do his will; what he says is done; he so ordered it by his providence, that this fish should come near the shore, and be so wrought upon by his power, that it could not retain Jonah any longer in its belly. It may be renderedf56, “then the Lord spake”, etc. after Jonah had finished his prayer, or put up those ejaculations, the substance of which is contained in the above narrative: and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land]; not upon the shore of the Red sea, as some; much less upon the shore of Nineveh, which was not built upon the seashore, but upon…”

“upon the dry land--probably on the coast of Palestine. Next: Jonah Chapter 3”

“And the Lord spake unto the fish - Psalms 148:8. Wind and storm fulfill His word. The irrational creatures have wills. God had commanded the prophet, and he disobeyed. God, in some way, commanded the fish. He laid His will upon it, and the fish immediately obeyed; a pattern to the prophet when He released him. “God’s will, that anything should be completed, is law and fulfillment and hath the power of law. Not that Almighty God commanded the fish, as He does us or the holy angels, uttering in its mind what is to be done, or inserting into the heart the knowledge of what He chooseth. But if He be said to command irrational animals or elements or any part of the creation, this signifieth the…”

“Spake - Though fishes understand not as man, yet they have ears to hear their Creator. Next: Jonah Chapter 3”

“Jon 1:17; Gen 1:3, Gen 1:7, Gen 1:9, Gen 1:11, Gen 1:14; Psa 33:9, Psa 105:31, Psa 105:34; Isa 50:2; Mat 8:8, Mat 8:9, Mat 8:26, Mat 8:27 Next: Jonah Chapter 3”

“"Then Jehovah spake to the fish, and it vomited Jonah upon the dry land." The nature of God's speaking, or commanding, may be inferred from the words ויּקא וגו. Cyril explains the thought correctly thus: The whale is again impelled by a certain divine and secret power of God, being moved to that which seems good to Him." The land upon which Jonah was vomited was, of course, the coast of Palestine, probably the country near Joppa. According to Jon 2:1, this took place on the third day after he had been swallowed by the fish. Next: Jonah Chapter 3”