Matthew Poole and continuators on Jonah 2:8

8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy .

Who ever they are that do, as the Heathen Marriners seek to, depend upon and wait for help from Idols, false Gods, whosoever choose them for their assistance, and Worship them, do depend upon most false grounds, wait for most lying and deceiving objects, and this of the Prophet is true of, and applicable to all ou[illegible: 1 letter] Creature dependencies, to all trust reposed in any but God himself, these dig to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns that can hold no Water, Ier. 2.13.

Turn away from, and do really and practically forsake God, as he leaves the East who goeth on to the West, trust in God, and Idols are as opposite, as is the East to the West.

The Lord, who is to all that seek him, and depend on him, the fountain of Living Waters, who is an eternal fountain of mercy and flows forth freely to all that wait for him.

Marginal references: Psal. [illegible: 1 span]