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Jonah 2

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1Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, ✦ 2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. ✦ 3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. ✦ 4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. ✦ 5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. ✦ 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. ✦ 7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. ✦ 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. ✦ 9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. ✦ 10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Gen 1 ·5Lam 3 ·4Ps 50 ·31 Kgs 8 ·3Ps 65 ·3Isa 38 ·3Ps 69 ·3Ps 42 ·3

Christ at the center

Three days in the belly of the fish is the sign Jesus gave of his own death and resurrection (Matt 12:40); and God's mercy on pagan Nineveh foreshadows the gospel going to the nations.

How Jonah 2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Jonah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Jonah 2David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on JonahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Jonah 2Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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