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class="smallcaps">ord</span> in my distress,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and he answered me.</p><p class="poem">I cried out for help from deep inside<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jonah.2.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> Sheol;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">you heard my voice.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.2.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When you threw me into the depths,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">into the heart of the seas,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">the current<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jonah.2.3.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> overcame me.</p><p class="poem">All your breakers and your billows swept over me.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.3.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I said, “I have been banished<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">from your sight,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">yet I will look<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jonah.2.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> once more</p><p class="poem">toward your holy temple.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The water engulfed me up to the neck;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jonah.2.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the watery depths overcame me;</p><p class="poem">seaweed was wrapped around my head.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I sank to the foundations of the mountains,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">Then you raised my life<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.6.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> from the Pit, L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> my God!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.6.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As my life was fading away,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">I remembered the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and my prayer came to you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">to your holy temple.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.7.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Those who cherish worthless idols<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">abandon their faithful love,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>but as for me, I will sacrifice<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to you</p><p class="poem">with a voice of thanksgiving.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will fulfill<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.9.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> what I have vowed.</p><p class="poem">Salvation<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Jonah.2.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> belongs to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.9.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Jonah.2.10" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/jonah/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> commanded the fish,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Jonah.2.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Jonah.2" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Jonah.2.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.2">2:2</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">from the stomach of</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jonah.2.3.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">river</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jonah.2.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.4">2:4</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">sight. Will I look . . . ?</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jonah.2.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.5">2:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">me, threatening my life</span></aside><aside id="fn.Jonah.2.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Or <span class="italic">Deliverance</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Jonah.2" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.1">2:1</a></span> Jb 13:15; Ps 130:1–2; Lm 3:53–56</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.2">2:2</a></span> 1Sm 30:6; Ps 18:4–6; 22:24; 120:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.2">2:2</a></span> Ps 18:5–6; 86:13; 88:1–7; Is 28:15; 38:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.2">2:2</a></span> Ps 34:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Ps 69:1–2,14–15; Lm 3:54</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Neh 9:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.3.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.3">2:3</a></span> Ps 42:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.4">2:4</a></span> Lv 21:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.4">2:4</a></span> Ps 31:22–23; Jr 7:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.4">2:4</a></span> 1Kg 8:38; 2Ch 6:38; Ps 5:7; 138:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.5">2:5</a></span> Ps 69:1–2; 105:18; Pr 23:2; Lm 3:54</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.5">2:5</a></span> Ps 18:4–5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Ps 116:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Jb 38:10; Ps 9:13; Is 38:10; Mt 16:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.6.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Jb 33:28; Ps 16:10; 30:3; Is 38:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.6.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.6">2:6</a></span> Ps 30:3; 86:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Ps 142:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.7">2:7</a></span> 2Sm 14:11; Ps 77:10–11; 143:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.7">2:7</a></span> 2Ch 30:27; Ps 18:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.7.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.7">2:7</a></span> Ps 11:4; 65:4; 88:2; Mc 1:2; Hab 2:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.8">2:8</a></span> 2Kg 17:15; Ps 31:6; Jr 16:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.8">2:8</a></span> Ps 31:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Ps 50:14,23; Jr 33:11; Hs 14:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Ps 26:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.9.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Jb 22:27; Ps 22:25; 116:14,18; Ec 5:4–5</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.9.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.9">2:9</a></span> Ps 3:8; Is 12:2; 45:17; Rv 7:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Jonah.2.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Jonah.2.10">2:10</a></span> Jnh 1:17</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Jonah.2" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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