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The Prophet Jonah

Douay-Rheims :: World English Bible Catholic

- Chapter 2 -

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Now the Lord prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.
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And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.
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And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in the heart of the sea, and a flood hath compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
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And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.
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The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.
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I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
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When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.
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They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.
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But I with the voice of praise will sacrifice to thee: I will pay whatsoever I have vowed for my salvation to the Lord.
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And the Lord spoke to the fish: and it vomited out Jonas upon the dry land.
1
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.