The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God,
out of the fish’s belly.
2 He said, “I called because of my
affliction to Yahweh. He answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol† I cried.
You heard my voice.
3 For you threw me into the depths,
in the heart of the seas.
The flood was all around me.
All your waves and your billows
passed over me.
4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your
sight; yet I will look again toward your holy
temple.’
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul.
The deep was around me. The weeds
were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains.
The earth barred me in forever;
yet you have brought my life up from
the pit, Yahweh my God.
7 “When my soul fainted within me, I
remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in
to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard vain idols forsake their
own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice to you with the
voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that
which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.
10 Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it
vomited out Jonah on the dry land.