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The Prophet Jonah

Berean Study Bible :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 2 -

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From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
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saying:In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
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For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
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At this, I said,I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
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The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
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To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
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As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
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Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.(a)
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But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes

(a)2:8 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.
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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.