Jonah 1:17-3:3
New International Version
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.
Jonah Goes to Nineveh
3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah(V) a second time: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”
3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.
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