Jonah 2:8
Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
Note Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Jonah 2:8
- 1 Samuel 12:21; 2 Kings 17:15; Psalm 31:6; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 10:8, 14, 15; Jeremiah 16:19; Habakkuk 2:18–20