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| | Jon 2:1 | \1:17\And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
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| | Jon 2:2 | \2:1\Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
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| | Jon 2:3 | \2:2\saying, "I called to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear my voice.
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| | Jon 2:4 | \2:3\For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
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| | Jon 2:5 | \2:4\Then I said, 'I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon thy holy temple?'
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| | Jon 2:6 | \2:5\The waters closed in over me, the deep was round about me; weeds were wrapped about my head
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| | Jon 2:7 | \2:6\at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O LORD my God.
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| | Jon 2:8 | \2:7\When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to thee, into thy holy temple.
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| | Jon 2:9 | \2:8\Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.
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| | Jon 2:10 | \2:9\But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!"
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| | Jon 2:11 | \2:10\And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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