Jonah 2; Jonah 3:1-3

Jonah 2

1 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish:

2 "I called out to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. From the belly of the underworld I cried out for help; you have heard my voice.

3 You had cast me into the depths in the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounds me. All your strong waves and rushing water passed over me.

4 So I said, ‘I have been driven away from your sight. Will I ever again look on your holy temple?

5 Waters have grasped me to the point of death; the deep surrounds me. Seaweed is wrapped around my head

6 at the base of the undersea mountains. I have sunk down to the underworld; its bars held me with no end in sight. But you brought me out of the pit.'

7 When my endurance was weakening, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

8 Those deceived by worthless things lose their chance for mercy.

9 But me, I will offer a sacrifice to you with a voice of thanks. That which I have promised, I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!"

10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.

Jonah 3:1-3

1 The LORD's word came to Jonah a second time:

2 "Get up and go to Nineveh, that great city, and declare against it the proclamation that I am commanding you."

3 And Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, according to the LORD's word. (Now Nineveh was indeed an enormous city, a three days' walk across.)