'SALVATION COMES FROM THE LORD'
Key verse: 2:9
NIV
Jonah’s Prayer
17 Now the Lord provided(A) a huge fish to swallow Jonah,(B) and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 2 1 [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 He said:
“In my distress I called(C) to the Lord,(D)
and he answered me.
From deep in the realm of the dead(E) I called for help,
and you listened to my cry.
3 You hurled me into the depths,(F)
into the very heart of the seas,
and the currents swirled about me;
all your waves(G) and breakers
swept over me.(H)
4 I said, ‘I have been banished
from your sight;(I)
yet I will look again
toward your holy temple.’(J)
5 The engulfing waters threatened me,[b]
the deep surrounded me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.(K)
6 To the roots of the mountains(L) I sank down;
the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
brought my life up from the pit.(M)
7 “When my life was ebbing away,
I remembered(N) you, Lord,
and my prayer(O) rose to you,
to your holy temple.(P)
8 “Those who cling to worthless idols(Q)
turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(R)
will sacrifice(S) to you.
What I have vowed(T) I will make good.
I will say, ‘Salvation(U) comes from the Lord.’”
10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
Footnotes
Cross references
- Jonah 1:17 : Jnh 4:6, 7
- Jonah 1:17 : Mt 12:40; 16:4; Lk 11:30
- Jonah 2:2 : La 3:55
- Jonah 2:2 : Ps 18:6; 120:1
- Jonah 2:2 : Ps 86:13
- Jonah 2:3 : S Ps 88:6
- Jonah 2:3 : S 2Sa 22:5
- Jonah 2:3 : S Ps 42:7
- Jonah 2:4 : Ps 31:22; Jer 7:15
- Jonah 2:4 : S 1Ki 8:48
- Jonah 2:5 : Ps 69:1-2
- Jonah 2:6 : Job 28:9
- Jonah 2:6 : S Job 17:16; S 33:18; S Ps 30:3
- Jonah 2:7 : Ps 77:11-12
- Jonah 2:7 : 2Ch 30:27
- Jonah 2:7 : S Ps 11:4; 18:6
- Jonah 2:8 : S Dt 32:21; S 1Sa 12:21
- Jonah 2:9 : S Ps 42:4
- Jonah 2:9 : Ps 50:14, 23; Heb 13:15
- Jonah 2:9 : S Nu 30:2; Ps 116:14; S Ecc 5:4-5
- Jonah 2:9 : S Ex 15:2; S Ps 3:8
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ESV
A Great Fish Swallows Jonah
17 [a] And the Lord appointed[b] a great fish to swallow up Jonah. (A)And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Jonah's Prayer
2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, 2 saying,
(B)“I called out to the Lord, out of my distress,
and he answered me;
(C)out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
(D)and you heard my voice.
3 (E)For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
(F)all your waves and your billows
passed over me.
4 (G)Then I said, ‘I am driven away
from your sight;
(H)yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.’
5 (I)The waters closed in over me (J)to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head
6 at the roots of the mountains.
I went down to the land
whose bars closed upon me forever;
yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O Lord my God.
7 When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
(K)and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
8 (L)Those who pay regard to vain idols
(M)forsake their hope of steadfast love.
9 (N)But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
(O)Salvation belongs to the Lord!”
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
Footnotes
- Jonah 1:17 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- Jonah 1:17 Or had appointed
Cross references
- Jonah 1:17 : Matt. 12:40; 16:4; [Luke 11:30]
- Jonah 2:2 : Ps. 3:4; 120:1; Lam. 3:55
- Jonah 2:2 : Ps. 118:5
- Jonah 2:2 : Lam. 3:56
- Jonah 2:3 : Ps. 88:6, 7
- Jonah 2:3 : Ps. 42:7
- Jonah 2:4 : Ps. 31:22
- Jonah 2:4 : [1 Kgs. 8:35, 38]
- Jonah 2:5 : [Lam. 3:54]
- Jonah 2:5 : Ps. 69:1
- Jonah 2:7 : [2 Chr. 30:27]
- Jonah 2:8 : Ps. 31:6; [2 Kgs. 17:15; Jer. 2:5]
- Jonah 2:8 : [Jer. 2:13]
- Jonah 2:9 : Ps. 50:14; [Hos. 14:2; Heb. 13:15]
- Jonah 2:9 : Ps. 3:8
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Prayer: Father, you are full of love and grace. When I forget this and become full of myself, please remind me as you did Jonah of your salvation.
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