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| | Jon 2:1 | Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly.
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| | Jon 2:2 | 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.
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| | Jon 2:3 | 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.
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| | Jon 2:4 | I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'
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| | Jon 2:5 | The waters surrounded me, Even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
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| | Jon 2:6 | I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
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| | Jon 2:7 | "When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
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| | Jon 2:8 | Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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| | Jon 2:9 | But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh."
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| | Jon 2:10 | Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
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