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Jonah
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Chapter 2
Jonah is saved
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Yahweh had arranged that a great fish should be there to swallow Jonah, and Jonah remained in the belly of the fish for three days and three nights.
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From the belly of the fish he prayed to Yahweh, his God; he said:
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‘Out of my distress I cried to Yahweh and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried, and you have heard my voice.
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You cast me into the abyss, into the heart of the sea, and the flood surrounded me. All your waves, your billows, washed over me.
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And I said: I am cast out from your sight. How shall I ever look again on your holy Temple?
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The waters surrounded me right to my throat, the abyss was all around me. The seaweed was wrapped round my head
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at the roots of the mountains. I went down into the countries underneath the earth, to the peoples of the past. But you lifted my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God.
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While my soul was fainting within me, I remembered Yahweh, and my prayer came before you into your holy Temple.
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Those who serve worthless idols forfeit the grace that was theirs.
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‘But I, with a song of Praise, will sacrifice to you. The vow I have made; I will fulfil. Salvation comes from Yahweh.’
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Yahweh spoke to the fish, which then vomited Jonah on to the shore.
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