LEB JNA Chapter 2

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2 And Jonah prayed to Yahweh his God from the belly of the fish 2 and said,

“I called from my distress[fn] to Yahweh,
- and he answered me;
from the belly of Sheol[fn] I cried for help—
- you heard my voice.
3 And you threw me into the deep,
- into the heart of the seas,
- and the sea currents surrounded me;
all your breakers and your surging waves
- passed over me.
4 And I said, ‘I am banished[fn]
- from your sight;
how[fn] will I continue to look[fn]
- on your holy temple ?’[fn]
5 The waters encompassed me up to my neck;
- the deep surrounded me;
- seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the foundations of the mountains;
- the Underworld—its bars were around me forever.
But you brought up my life from the pit,
- Yahweh my God.
7 When my life was ebbing away from me,
- I remembered Yahweh,
and my prayer came to you,
- to your holy temple .[fn]
8 Those who worship vain idols
- forsake their loyal love.[fn]
9 But I, with a voice of thanksgiving,
- will sacrifice to you;
I will fulfill what I have vowed.
- Deliverance[fn] belongs to Yahweh!”

10 And Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out on the dry land.

2:2 Literally “from distress for me”

2:2 “Sheol” is a Hebrew term for the place where the dead reside (i.e. the Underworld)

2:2 Or “expelled,” or “driven away”

2:2 Or “however, I will continue to look on your holy temple”

2:2 Literally “will I do again to look,” meaning “will I continue to look”

2:2 Literally “on the temple of your holiness”

2:2 Literally “to the temple of your holiness”

2:2 This could mean (1) they forsake the loyal love they should show to God or (2) they forfeit forsake the loyal love that God would have shown to them

2:2 Or “salvation”

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