Jonah 2

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

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1This is Jonah’s prayer to Yahweh, his God, from out of the darkness inside the huge fish:

2“I called out to Yahweh from a place of total desperation and he answered me. From inside the belly of Sheol I cried out, and you heard my voice.

3The waters closed in all around me; all your mighty waves and currents crashed over me. For you cast me into the deep, and I sank down to the bottom of the sea.

4I actually assumed that you had banished me from your sight. Yet, I know that I will one day gaze again upon your holy temple.

5The waters rose to choke me to death. The sea was closing in around me— seaweed tightened around my head.

6I sank down into the abyss, to the roots of the mountains, where the barred gates of that realm would lock me in forever. But you, Yahweh, are my God; you raised my life from the pit.

7When my life was ebbing away, my thoughts turned toward you. My cries rose before you in your holy, heavenly temple, and my prayer entered your heart, Yahweh.

8It’s true —some abandon faithful love to you by worshiping worthless idols.

9But I will sing songs of praise and offer my sacrifices to you. I will keep every vow I’ve made to you, Yahweh, for salvation comes only from you.”

10So Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.

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