Jonah Chapter 2 Back Next{2:1} Then
Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the
fish's
belly.
{2:2} He said, "I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of
Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
{2:3} 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.
{2:4} I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
{2:5} The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
{2:6} I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The
earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
{2:7} "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
{2:8} Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
{2:9} But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
{2:10} Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
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