Jonah 2

Jonah’s Prayer

1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 He said: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
3 You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[a]the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, LORD my God, brought my life up from the pit.
7 “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
8 “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ ”
10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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Cross References 19

  • 1. Lamentations 3:55
  • 2. Psalms 18:6; Psalms 120:1
  • 3. Psalms 86:13
  • 4. S Psalms 88:6
  • 5. S 2 Samuel 22:5
  • 6. S Psalms 42:7
  • 7. Psalms 31:22; Jeremiah 7:15
  • 8. S 1 Kings 8:48
  • 9. Psalms 69:1-2
  • 10. Job 28:9
  • 11. S Job 17:16; S Job 33:18; S Psalms 30:3
  • 12. Psalms 77:11-12
  • 13. 2 Chronicles 30:27
  • 14. S Psalms 11:4; Psalms 18:6
  • 15. S Deuteronomy 32:21; S 1 Samuel 12:21; 2 Kings 17:15; Jeremiah 10:8
  • 16. S Psalms 42:4
  • 17. Psalms 50:14,23; Hosea 14:2; Hebrews 13:15
  • 18. S Numbers 30:2; Psalms 116:14; S Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
  • 19. S Exodus 15:2; S Psalms 3:8

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "waters were at my throat"

Jonah 2 Commentaries

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