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The Prophet Jonah

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- Chapter 2 -

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And Jonah prays to his God YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
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And he says: “I called, because of my distress, to YHWH, || And He answers me, || From the belly of Sheol I have cried, || You have heard my voice.
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When You cast me [into] the deep, || Into the heart of the seas, || Then the flood surrounds me, || All Your breakers and Your billows have passed over me.
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And I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes || (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
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Waters have surrounded me to the soul, || The deep surrounds me, || The weed is bound to my head.
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To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, || The earth, her bars [are] behind me for all time. And You bring my life up from the pit, O YHWH my God.
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In the feebleness of my soul within me, || I have remembered YHWH, || And my prayer comes to You, || Into Your holy temple.
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Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, || That which I have vowed I complete, || Salvation [is] of YHWH.”
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And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
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Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
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He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol(a) I cried. You heard my voice.
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For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
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I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
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The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.
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“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
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Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
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But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.”
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Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

Footnotes

(a)2:2 Sheol is the place of the dead.
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