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The Prophet Jonah

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- Chapter 2 -

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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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Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,
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And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord , and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.(a) (b)
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For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.(c)
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Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
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The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.(d) (e)
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When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord : and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
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They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord .
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And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Footnotes

(a)2:2 by…: or, out of mine affliction
(b)2:2 hell: or, the grave
(c)2:3 midst: Heb. heart
(d)2:6 bottoms: Heb. cuttings off
(e)2:6 corruption: or, the pit
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