Flaming up into the air, which is oft called heaven; and the midst or the heart of it is not only that which is strictly and properly the middle part, but that which is within it, though but a little way, in which sense places or persons or things are said to be in the heart of the sea, Exo_15:8Pro_23:34Eze_28:2; and Christ in the heart of the earth, Mat_12:40.