Thematic Bible

Jonah 2:1

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish:

Jonah 2:2

I called to the Lord in my distress,
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;
You heard my voice.

Jonah 2:3

You threw me into the depths,
into the heart of the seas,
and the current overcame me.
All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.

Jonah 2:4

But I said: I have been banished
from Your sight,
yet I will look once more
toward Your holy temple.

Jonah 2:5

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;
the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:6

I sank to the foundations of the mountains;
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!

Jonah 2:7

As my life was fading away,
I remembered Yahweh.
My prayer came to You,
to Your holy temple.

Jonah 2:8

Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,

Jonah 2:9

but as for me, I will sacrifice to You
with a voice of thanksgiving.
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
Salvation is from the Lord!

Jonah 2:10

Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.