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Jonah 2 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Jonah’s Prayer and God’s Answer

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:1 - Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the fish’s belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - And he said:

“I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction,
And He answered me.

“Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
And You heard my voice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:3 - For You cast me into the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
And the floods surrounded me;
All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:4 - Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;
Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:5 - The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;
The deep closed around me;
Weeds were wrapped around my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:6 - I went down to the moorings of the mountains;
The earth with its bars closed behind me forever;
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit,
O LORD, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:7 - “When my soul fainted within me,
I remembered the LORD;
And my prayer went up to You,
Into Your holy temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:8 - “Those who regard worthless idols
Forsake their own Mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:9 - But I will sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have vowed.
Salvation is of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:10 - So the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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Jonah Chapter 2 — Additional Translations:

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